Speaking to the media, the former Dy Chief Minister stated that the principal opposition party will stage a massive protest against the move of the Karnataka government.
During Siddaramaiah led Congress Government on several occasion, political parties locked horns on the issue of Tipu Jayanthi celebration.
Last year, BJP leader and Union Ananth Kumar Hegde had asked Karnataka government to drop his name from the state-sponsored Tipu Jayanti celebration.