BJP revokes Telangana MLA T Raja Singh’s suspension, gives him poll ticket

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday revoked the suspension of Telangana MLA T Raja Singh and announced that it will field him from the Goshamahal constituency in the upcoming state Assembly elections.

Singh was suspended in August last year over his remarks about Prophet Muhammad. The BJP had acted against him after large-scale protests erupted in Hyderabad as he repeated former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s disparaging remarks about the Prophet.

Sharma’s remarks had led to a major diplomatic row with several countries in West Asia in June last year.

On Sunday, secretary of the BJP’s central disciplinary committee Om Pathak said that Singh’s suspension was revoked based on his reply to the party’s show cause notice.

In the reply, Singh had promised not to do anything that brings disrespect to the party. The legislator had also claimed that whenever he criticises Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen, an impression is created that he is criticising Muslims.

ఎమ్మెల్యే @TigerRajaSingh గారిపై @BJP4India సస్పెన్షన్ ఎత్తివేసింది. pic.twitter.com/DvvH8onZ5l— BJP Telangana (@BJP4Telangana) October 22, 2023

Even when he was suspended from the party, Singh had engaged in hate speech against Muslims multiple times.

Earlier this year, he urged Hindu women not to befriend women who wear the burqa.

“Whoever has a tilak on his forehead is my brother and a Hindu,” Singh had said to a cheering crowd in...

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