T. Raja Singh

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Raja Singh
Member of Telangana Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2014
ConstituencyGoshamahal
Personal details
BornDhoolpet[1]
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations
Telugu Desam Party
ResidenceDhoolpet, Hyderabad, 500006
Websitewww.trajasingh.com

Thakur Raja Singh, best known as Raja, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly representing the Goshamahal assembly constituency in Hyderabad.[2] He is a former member of TDP Telugu Desam Party and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Singh also occupies the position of party whip for Telangana.[3]

Singh stirred controversy over his anti-Muslim rhetoric, which includes calling Muslims traitors and calling for the shooting of Rohingya Muslims.[4] Singh has pending cases against him relating to his multiple controversial comments about Islam.[2] On September 2, 2020, Facebook labeled Singh as a "dangerous individual" and banned him from all Facebook platforms for hate speech.[5]

References

  1. https://www.telanganalegislature.org.in/web/legislative-assembly/members-information?p_auth=vldL7DWO&p_p_id=AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet&p_p_lifecycle=1&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-1&p_p_col_count=1&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_term_id=15&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_javax.portlet.action=getMemberDetails&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_const_id=65&_AssemblyMemberInfo_WAR_TGportlet_mem_id=3083
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Cases against former BJP MLA Raja Singh double in four years".
  3. "Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh Lodh says ready to kill people for eating beef, threatens Dadri-like incident"..
  4. Horwitz, Newley Purnell and Jeff (14 August 2020). "Facebook's Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. "Facebook bans politician of India's ruling party for violating hate speech".

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