Overview

• SDPI state president Abdul Majeed defended Minister H.C. Mahadevappa’s comments and accused BJP figures of misrepresenting his reference to Tipu Sultan’s early dam work
• Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj pointed to a trilingual inscription at Kannambadi Katte naming Tipu Sultan and invited skeptics to examine the evidence on site
• KPCC spokesperson M. Lakshmana has explained that Tipu’s 1794 Mohyi barrage preceded and inspired Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar’s KRS reservoir project and noted Wadiyar preserved the original inscription
• BJP leaders continue to press for documentary proof of any 18th-century foundation laying at the KRS site and allege the minister’s statement distorts history for electoral advantage
• The debate over Tipu Sultan’s legacy and the roles of Nalwadi Wadiyar and Sir M. Visvesvaraya remains heated as Karnataka’s state elections approach