Putting n end to speculations about Tipu Sultan, President Ram Nath Kovind’s address to the joint session on Wednesday boosted the morale of the Congress government.
In his address to mark the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Vidhana Soudha here, the President said: “Tipu Sultan died a heroic death fighting the British. He was also a pioneer in development and use of Mysuru rockets in warfare. This technology was later adopted by the Europeans.”
As soon as the President read this out, the entire ruling party members expressed their joy by thumping the desks, while the opposition greeted the news by silence.
“More recently, two of our finest army chiefs – Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General K.S. Thimayya – were sons of Karnataka,” he said.
Continuing, the President spoke: “Karnataka is a land of formidable soldiers. Krishnadeva Raya was the greatest ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire and remains an inspiration for all Indians. Kempe Gowda was the founder of Bengaluru. Rani Chennamma of Kittur and Rani Abbakka led among the earliest battles against colonial powers.”`
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, in his tweet, has congratulated Mr. Kovind. His tweet reads: “Congratulations to Hon. President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind for a statesman like address to the Karnataka legislature.”
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