Maharashtra: Suspended BJP MLA Raja Singh faces legal scrutiny for hate speech targeting Muslims at a rally in Mumbai.
Controversial Telangana legislator and suspended BJP leader T Raja Singh was issued with a fresh show-cause notice by Hyderabad police for his speech at the Hindu Janakrosh Morcha event in Mumbai. On 29.1.2023, video of his speech during Janakrosh Morcha rally at Dadar, Mumbai was circulating in social media. It was also uploaded on the YouTube channel styled as ABP MAJHA. Showcase notice stated – “…speech is very provocative to a particular community regarding demands of laws on love jihad, cow slaughter, conversion…”
Thousands of Hindu nationalists in Mumbai marched against Muslims and raised hate slogans. The rally covered a distance of more than 4 km. Leaders and workers of Hindutva militant outfits such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) marched in the rally.