Raja Singh arrested: 5 most controversial statements by now-suspended BJP MLA

BJP on Tuesday suspended its MLA Raja Singh from the party following row over his alleged derogatory remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

BJP’s action against its lawmaker might be a way to pacify the unrest caused by the controversy, but this is not the first time that the 45-year-old legislator has made a vile comment against a particular faith. Let’s take a look at Raja Singh most controversial statements till date

Threats to set theatres on fire

Raja Singh started a protest against Bollywood film Padmavat in 2017. Singh threatened to burn down screens that showed the movie. He even wrote to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao asking for a ban on the film.

Asks Hindus in Bengal to respond like ‘2002 Gujarat’

The same year, T Raja Singh was at the eye of another storm. Raja issued a statement about the communal clashes in Baduria and Basirhat. In a video message, Singh had urged Hindus in Bengal to respond like the Hindus of Gujarat 2022.

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‘The Green Book’ remark

In 2018, the two-time legislator of BJP was booked for making controversial remarks on Quran and Iftar parties during a live streaming on Facebook. Singh called for a ban on Quran–which he called– ‘the green book’

The ‘mini Pakistan’ remark

In 2019, a suspended BJP leader commented on Hyderabad’s Old City area as “mini Pakistan”.

Singh also requested the CM to initiate a search operation in the area.

‘Kashmiri Muslims traitors’ remarks

In another video in May 2017 , Raja dubbed Kashmiri Muslims as traitors. He further called the stone pelters as terrorists and asked viewers of the video to take revenge on behalf of Indian soldiers

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There have been countless FIRs against Raja Singh following his statements. Infact social media platform Facebook banned him in 2020 and tagged Singh as ‘dangerous individual’ owing to the content he posted.