Telangana: A case has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party’s infamous MLA T Raja Singh for making derogatory remarks about Muslims.
According to the police, the case has been registered against the BJP MLA in Kothakota police station in Telangana.
“On 23 of this month, he (Raja Singh) participated in the Shivaji Maharaj statue inauguration program. At the end of the speech on the stage, he used filthy language against a community. A few Muslims elders gave a complaint on the 25th of this month. The case under section 295A was registered,” Manjunath Reddy, Sub-Inspector, Kothakota police station said, as per ANI.
T Raja is an MLA from Goshamahal constituency. Meanwhile, clashes erupted between the workers of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress party in Telangana’s Siddipet on Tuesday.
Earlier on February 23, the Bombay High Court has granted permission to Raja, and one Naresh Nile, to hold a procession in Mira Road on February 25 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, provided they give an undertaking to the police that they will not deliver any hate speeches.
The court granted permission on condition that the two send the undertaking by email/fax to Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone I, by the end of the day. The court also directed the police to video record the entire procession as well as the speeches made at the said rally.
Nile had approached the HC after the police refused to grant them permission to hold the procession. Thakur is the main speaker at the event.
Public prosecutor Hiten Venegavkar opposed the petition stating that there is an apprehension that some untoward incident may take place during the procession. He justified the refusal of permission by the police, saying that on January 22, during the Pran Pratishtha at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, volence had taken place in Mira-Bhayandar.
Venegavkar also pointed out that several cases are registered against Thakur for delivering hate speeches across several states, including Maharashtra. Later, he said that the police should also decide the route of the procession if permission is granted.
Earlier, cops detained former legislator and national spokesperson of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party, Waris Pathan, at the Dahisar check-post while he was headed towards Mira Road.
The Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police have rejected the application by an organisation seeking permission to hold a rally in the prominent presence of BJP legislator from Telangana, Thakur Raja Singh aka T Raja as the main speaker. The rally, which was earlier scheduled to be held on February 19, was postponed to February 25.
