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Telangana polls: BJP candidate Raja Singh has 75 cases against him, 65 for hurting religious sentiments

The Goshamahal MLA filed his nomination papers on Saturday, eyeing a hat-trick win from the constituency.

Published Nov 04, 2023 | 8:54 PM ⚊UpdatedNov 04, 2023 | 8:54 PM

Telangana polls: BJP candidate Raja Singh has 75 cases against him, 65 for hurting religious sentiments

Apart from these 75 cases, in two cases he has been convicted but the appeal is still pending in High Court of Telangana. (Supplied)

BJP leader and Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh has 65 cases registered against him for hurting religious sentiments.

In an affidavit filed along with his nomination papers on Saturday, 4 November, the BJP candidate from Goshamahal for the upcoming Assembly elections, said 75 cases have been registered against him across the country since 2010.

Most cases against Singh were registered under IPC sections 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc, and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295(A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief), which all deals with the hurting religious feelings and sentiments.

Besides Telangana, the BJP candidate has cases registered against him in Kolkata, Yadgir in Karnataka, Sholapur, Mumbai, Latur, and Thane in Maharashtra, and Bhilwara in Rajasthan.

Apart from these 75 cases, he has been convicted in two other cases. His appeals against conviction are pending in the High Court of Telangana.

In the affidavit, he revealed properties worth ₹4.07 crore, of which ₹2.79 crore were in his name while ₹1.27 crore was in his wife Usha Bai’s name. The couple has movable properties worth ₹2.50 crore and immovable properties worth ₹1.57 crore.

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Singh trains guns on BRS and AIMIM

Before filing his nomination papers, Singh held a two-wheeler rally in his constituency. He alleged that the BRS in the state has not been able to finalise the name of the candidate from the constituency because the AIMIM has not approved the name.

“The BRS is not able to decide on the candidate as the AIMIM office has not approved any of the names,” Singh said.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur accompanied Singh to the Municipal Office, Abids, where submitted his nomination papers.

Though he arrived at the Municipal Office with a huge number of followers, the police allowed only four people to go inside.

आज मेरी गोशामहल विधानसभा से तीसरी बार विजय प्राप्त करने का संकल्प लेकर हज़ारो की संख्या में भाजपा कार्यकर्ताओं के साथ अपना नामांकन भरने गया।

जनता द्वारा जगह जगह पर स्वागत कार्यक्रम और जनता में मुझे तीसरी बार जिताने का उत्साह देख कर मुझे ये यकीन होगया है कि गोशामहल में तीसरी बार… pic.twitter.com/qeYMz2jgC9

— Raja Singh (@TigerRajaSingh) November 4, 2023

Singh was suspended from the BJP in August 2022 for making incendiary remarks against a specific community. He was also in jail for three months under the Preventive Detention Act after making unsavoury remarks against the Prophet.

His suspension was subsequently lifted by the BJP’s Central Disciplinary Committee, hours before the release of the first list of candidates, to accommodate his candidacy.

Singh represented Goshamahal in the state Assembly in 2014 and 2018. He was the lone BJP candidate to win in the 2018 election. The BJP subsequently won two byelections — Dubakka and Huzurabad — taking its tally in the 119-member House to three.