In Hindu Rashtra, you won't get loudspeaker to pray five times a day: BJP MLA
video goes viral; case registered
Pune, Mar 14: An offence has been registered in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar against suspended BJP MLA from Telangana T Raja Singh after a video of his vitriolic speech targeting Muslims went viral on social media.
The MLA was also recently questioned by Latur police in Maharashtra over another provocative tirade of his, officials said.
"Whoever speaks against Hindus, we will not spare them," Singh is heard telling the sizeable crowd comprising mostly youth in Rahta tehsil in Ahmednagar district at a recent public meeting.
"In our Hindu Rashtra you won't even get a loudspeaker to do what you do five times a day," he said, in an apparent reference to Muslims offering prayers.
Singh also claimed that in a media interview several years ago, Shiv Sena founder late Bal Thackeray had spoken of "eliminating" insects and cockroaches (Muslims) with a spray.
Singh is heard saying that if someone wants to beat 'lande' (a derogatory reference to Muslims), he should join Bajrang Dal. He is also heard seeking the support of youth to make India a 'Hindu Rashtra'.
"Let the lande' of Maharashtra know that the army of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is ready. Let those who talk against Hindus or slaughter cows know that we are ready," he is heard saying.
India will be declared as "akhand Hindu rashtra" by 2026, Singh said.
The names of Ahmednagar and Hyderabad (capital of Telangana) cities will be changed to Ahilyabainagar and Bhagyanagar, respectively, he said.
"Hindus are demanding the country be made an 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'. If there can be more than 50 Islamic countries and more than 150 Christian nations, why can't India be declared a Hindu Rashtra given that Hindus constitute a majority of its 100 million people?"
"Come what may, in 2025 and 2026, India will be declared as 'Akhand Hindu Rashtra'. I am not saying this, this is the roar of all sadhus and sants and it is their prophecy," said Singh, amid cheers by the crowd.
A senior official of Ahmednagar police on Tuesday said they have registered a case against the MLA.
"Based on a complaint, we have registered an offence against Singh and the organizers of the event under sections 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage reli gious feelings), 504 (Intentional insult to provoke breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code," he said.
Singh, who has a history of making incendiary communal speeches, was arrested last year for remarks against Prophet Mohammed.
In Maharashtra, he has addressed rallies in Solapur, Amravati, Latur, Karad, Pune and Mumbai in recent weeks.
At a rally in Latur on February 19, Singh said, "Teach a lesson to Afzal's illegitimate sons. Nobody propagating love jihad should be alive on Maharashtra's soil."
On February 27, Latur police booked Singh for his speech under sections 295-A and 153 (provocation with intent to cause rioting) of the IPC.
Latur's Superintendent of Police Somay Munde said a first information report was filed and police are investigating the matter.
Another police official in Latur said that police have questioned Singh and are in the process of filing a charge sheet against him.
The MLA from Goshamahal in Hyderabad is known for his controversial remarks against Muslims.
Following an uproar over his remarks against Islam and Prophet Mohammed, the BJP had suspended Singh from the party in August 2022.
Singh was arrested in connection with the case and secured bail.
Singh faces several police cases in Hyderabad including those related to alleged communal offences.
The Telangana High Court in November 2022 ordered his release, two-and-a-half months after he was detained under the Act, and also granted him conditional bail in the case.
One of India’s top Hindu supremacist leaders T Raja Singh is giving a hate speech to thousands of cheering supporters, calling Muslims insects & cockroaches - they need to be killed for the country to be Hindu Rashtra. This is why Genocide Watch puts India at the top of its list. pic.twitter.com/B7mfpBqe4k
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J-K: Rahul Gandhi to sponsor education of 22 children who lost their parents in Pak shelling
Rajouri/Jammu (PTI): Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will sponsor the education of 22 children who lost either one or both parents in the Pakistani shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir during Operation Sindoor, a party leader has said.
Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra also refuted any differences with the pre-poll alliance partner National Conference (NC) but said his party is waiting for formation of coordination committee with the ruling party for the past nine months.
"A lot of civilian casualties and damage to properties took place in Poonch and Rajouri (between May 7 and 10) in Pakistani shelling. Rahul Gandhi visited Poonch in the aftermath of the devastating shelling and visited the bereaved families. He asked us to prepare a list of school-going children who lost one or both parents, especially the breadwinners, and accordingly we submitted the list to him," Karra, who reached Rajouri on a three-day tour of the region, told reporters late Monday.
He said the party has a list of 22 such children in the Poonch district alone, and more such children might be included at the end of the three-day visit.
Poonch district alone accounted for 13 civilian deaths among 28 fatalities in the Pakistani shelling and drone attacks in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror infrastructure across the border under Operation Sindoor in May in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 persons dead.
Karra said he is visiting Poonch on Tuesday to handover the financial aid sent by the leader of opposition for the affected children for their education.
"This is an initiative aimed at extending a helping hand to the children so that their studies are not impacted," he said.
