Telangana BJP MLA Arrested

Telangana BJP MLA T Raja Singh has been arrested Today morning for his alleged derogatory remarks against the Prophet in a video posted on social media.

The cops said they are also pulling down Raja Singh’s video, which Muslim leaders claim insulted their community and Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone, P Sai Chaitanya said that a case was filed against Raja Singh under sections of the law relating to insulting religious beliefs.

He was a member of the TDP but later joined the BJP. In past he has made many remarks appearing to be targeting the Muslim community. Hundreds of people from Muslim community have been protesting and also in 2020, Facebook and Instagram banned Raja Singh for allegedly promoting hate.

A Facebook spokesperson had said, “We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating the policy prohibiting those that promote in the violence and hate from having a presence on our platform.”

This time he had released a 10 minute video allegedly making derogatory comments about Prophet Muhammad and on 20th August, Hyderabad police detained Raja Singh after he threatened to thrash comedian Munawwar Farooqui if he hosted a show in the Hyderabad.