Maharashtra police book Telangana MLA Raja Singh for hate speech (Siasat)

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The Goshamahal MLA was booked along with BJP leader Nitesh Rane under Sections 153A and 295A by the Solapur police.

BJP MLAs T Raja Singh and Nitesh Rane.

By News Desk

Goshamahal BJP MLA T Raja Singh has been once again booked for delivering hate speech against minorities by the Maharashtra police.

The Bharatiya Janata Party leader was booked on Monday, May 7, for delivering an inflammatory speech at the Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha rally organized by the Sakal Hindu Samaj in Solapur the previous day.

The BJP leader was booked along with Maharashtra MLA Nitesh Rane under Sections 153A (creating enmity between two different groups on grounds of religion), 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and others of the Indian Penal Code.

Poster of the Hindu Jan Akrosh Morcha rally

Speaking on the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Raja Singh appealed to the Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde not to seek votes from Muslims but instead from those who ‘protect Gaumata‘.

This story was originally published in siasat.com. Read the full story here.

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