Row erupted in Maharashtra's Malegaon after a portrait of 18th-century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan was displayed in the office of Deputy Mayor Shaan E Hind Nihal Ahmed. BJP and Shiv Sena leaders protested, calling it disrespectful to the nation's "real heroes" like Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar. Meanwhile, Shiv Sena corporators submitted a petition to municipal commissioner seeking its removal.