Abbayya suggested, 'We should consider changing the name of Mysuru airport to Tipu Sultan airport.' The suggestion by Congress MLA Prasad Abbayya to rename Mysuru airport after Tipu Sultan, a tyrant Muslim ruler, has been met with strong disapproval from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs in the Karnataka Assembly, NDTV reported.ĭuring a conversation about the state government's correspondence with the Centre regarding changing airport names, Abbayya, the MLA from Hubballi-Dharwad (East), introduced a proposal.
