<p class="title">Congress leader M C Nanaiah has said that it is not right to disrupt communal harmony by opposing Tipu Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The issue of Tipu Jayanti should be discussed in the Assembly and Council and a decision should be taken on the basis of majority,” Nanaiah advised.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking after releasing ‘Kodagu principality Vs British Empire’ and ‘1785 Coorg’ by Mookonda Nithin Kushalppa in Madikeri town on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanaiah said, “A decision should be taken at the government-level by understanding the emotions of the people of the Kodava community. There is a need for a detailed discussion on Tipu Jayanti. There will be no scope for any confusion in Kodagu, if Tipu Jayanti is not observed.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that some people are using Tipu Jayanti for political gain. Innocents in Kodagu are used in the name of a protest against Tipu Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The works on Tipu should be read by the people. It is not right to ban such books,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Writer Nithin Kushalappa, Kodava Makkada Koota president Bollajira B Ayyappa, journalist Ajjamada Ramesh Kuttappa and others were present at the book release.</p>
<p class="title">Congress leader M C Nanaiah has said that it is not right to disrupt communal harmony by opposing Tipu Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The issue of Tipu Jayanti should be discussed in the Assembly and Council and a decision should be taken on the basis of majority,” Nanaiah advised.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He was speaking after releasing ‘Kodagu principality Vs British Empire’ and ‘1785 Coorg’ by Mookonda Nithin Kushalppa in Madikeri town on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanaiah said, “A decision should be taken at the government-level by understanding the emotions of the people of the Kodava community. There is a need for a detailed discussion on Tipu Jayanti. There will be no scope for any confusion in Kodagu, if Tipu Jayanti is not observed.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">He added that some people are using Tipu Jayanti for political gain. Innocents in Kodagu are used in the name of a protest against Tipu Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The works on Tipu should be read by the people. It is not right to ban such books,” he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Writer Nithin Kushalappa, Kodava Makkada Koota president Bollajira B Ayyappa, journalist Ajjamada Ramesh Kuttappa and others were present at the book release.</p>