Clearly, the BJP has not learnt its lessons after Bihar.


The Opposition BJP has announced the boycott of Karnataka government's birth anniversary celebrations of the 18th century legendary king Tipu Sultan tomorrow, stating that the king was a "religious bigot".


"It's a total boycott on our part, no public representative from our party at any level should participate in the official function," state BJP President Prahlad Joshi said. Describing Tipu Sultan as a "fanatic" and "anti-Kannada", he said, "....we have 44 legislators, and it is a practice that wherever such events are organised local legislator presides over it. We have instructed our legislators that they should not preside over this event, they should not go on the dais."


"As the party state President, I'm giving this instruction to all our party public representatives through the media. We will also be sending this instruction through all our district presidents and zonal office bearers," he told reporters at Hubballi in north Karnataka.