Bengaluru, November 12: The decision to celbrate Jayanti of Tipu Sultan had gathered more heat as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Thursday called for a state-wide band in Karnataka. Also Read - 'Pubs Are Ruining Youngsters, Shut Them Down in All Districts', Demands Karnataka BJP Chief

The decision of Karnataka government of celebrating Tipu Sultan’s birthday is now turning murkier as famous playwright writer Girish Karnad was given a death threat after he tweeted that kempegowda International Airport must be renamed after the 18th century ruler of Mysore. Read Also: (Tipu Sultan Row: Girish Karnad threatened on Twitter; told ‘will meet same end as Kalburgi’) Also Read - Bengaluru Riots: No Evidence to Suggest Violence Was Communal in Nature, Says Report by Fact-finding Committee

Karnad, was warned by the Hindu-activist who are against the celebration of tipu’s birthday. He was reportedly said that he must keep quite over the issue or he will be murdered like writer MM Kalburgi. Also Read - Smart City Index 2020: Indian Cities Drop in Global Smart City Index; Singapore On Top

Karnad was accused of “insulting Hindus and the Vokkaliga community (Kempegowda belonged to it) and disrupting social harmony”, in the police complaint. Karnad had on Wednesday, apologised for his comments, saying that he was sorry if he had inadvertantly hurt anyone with his remarks. “If anybody has been hurt by my remarks, I apologise. What will I gain by doing it (by giving such comments)”, Karnad had said. A senior police official told the TOI that a tweet was posted by an account named Intolerant Chandra and that they are looking into the matter.

The VHP wing of Karnataka had called a state-wide bandh on Thursday, opposing governments plan to celebrate the birthday of Tipu.

Qamrul Islam, Karnataka’s Minister for Minorities Affairs, had announced that the government will celebrate birhday of Tipu Sultan, King of Mysore, on November 10. However the celebration led into clashes in which severel activist were injured. However the ruling party in karnatak had nor given any official comment over the bandh.