Guardian minister of Mumbai Suburban District, Mangal Prabhat Lodha, on Friday said the name of Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Mysore, has been removed from a garden in Malad West area of the city. The garden was so named during the previous Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government and the nomenclature was opposed by the BJP, which was then in the opposition.

Sharing the news on Twitter on Friday, Lodha, who is Maharashtra’s minister for Tourism, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Women and Child Development, posted, “Finally, the movement is successful. Keeping in mind the movement of the Hindu community against the MVA government last year and the demand put forward by (BJP) MP Gopal Shetty at the district planning committee meeting, we have issued an order to remove Tipu Sultan’s name from the park in Malad. The park was named after Tipu Sultan during MVA’s tenure.” On January 26, last year, BJP leaders led by Shetty and Lodha organised a massive protest demanding that the name of the garden in Malad be changed.