Telangana Election 2023 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership, after considering the clarification given in response to the show cause notice, has revoked the suspension of its Telangana MLA T Raja Singh and re-fielded him from his Goshamahal seat. . Information about revoking the suspension of T Raja Singh was given by BJP’s Telangana unit president G. Kishan Reddy gave this in a statement on Sunday.
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Raja Singh was suspended from the party in August last year after his alleged controversial comments against “Islam and Prophet Mohammed” in a video uploaded on a social media platform. This video was later removed from the social media platform.
BJP revokes suspension of MLA Raja Singh ahead of Telangana elections
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He was arrested under the Preventive Detention (PD) Act. The Telangana High Court had quashed the PD Act imposed against him in November 2022 and he was later granted bail.
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Kishan Reddy said in the statement, “BJP’s Central Disciplinary Committee has decided to revoke the suspension of Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh from the BJP after considering the clarification given by him in response to the show cause notice given by the party. This is for the information of all concerned.
Raja Singh has been given ticket again from his Goshmahal seat. Elections are to be held in Telangana on 30 November. Raja Singh is known for his Hinduist views. There are several cases registered against him in Hyderabad, including those related to alleged communal crimes.