Karnataka: Mysuru airport will be named after Tipu Sultan? Congress MLA Abbaiah proposed

Karnataka: Congress MLA Prasad Abbaiah moved a proposal in the Karnataka Assembly to name Mysuru airport after Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan. However, BJP MLAs opposed this proposal. Let us tell you that the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution recommending the Central Government to name four airports after prominent personalities.

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Karnataka: Mysuru airport will be named after Tipu Sultan? Congress MLA Abbaiah proposed

Congress MLA Prasad Abbaiah moved a proposal in the Karnataka Assembly to name Mysuru airport after Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan. However, BJP MLAs opposed this proposal.

Hubli-Dharwad East MLA Abbaiah proposed the proposal during a discussion on the state government writing a letter to the Center to change the names of airports. BJP MLAs objected to this proposal. However, the Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed a unanimous resolution recommending the Central government to name four airports after prominent personalities.

Hubli Airport is to be named after Krantiveer Sangolli Rayanna, Belagavi Airport is to be named after Kittur Rani Chennamma, Shivamogga Airport is to be named after national poet Dr. KV Puttappa (Kuvempu), Vijayapura airport recommended to be named after Sri Jagat Jyoti Basaveshwara. Is.

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