Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah gave his approval a day after Congress MLA Tanveer Sait promised to build a 100-foot-tall Tipu Sultan's statue and accused the BJP of distorting history. "Why can't Tipu's statue be built? Let them build, doesn't he deserve it? [The] BJP twists history. What did they say about...Ambedkar and others? They say false things," said Siddaramaiah.