Tiger Raja Singh (born 15 April 1977) is an Indian politician. He was a

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of the

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representing the

Goshamahal Goshamahal is a suburb in Hyderabad City, Telangana, India. The Goshamahal Baradari is probably the only well preserved palace built by the Qutb Shahi rulers, as almost all their palaces were destroyed during the long siege of the kingdom by Au ...

assembly constituency in

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. He is a former member of

Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...

until he joined the

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. He was part of the BJP until 23 August 2022 when he was suspended over allegations of insulting

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. Raja served as the party whip for

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when he was in

. Singh stirred controversy over his vocal anti-Muslim views, which included calling them traitors and backing the shooting of Rohingya people . Singh has pending cases against him relating to his comments about

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. On 2 September 2020,

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labelled Singh as a "dangerous individual" and banned him from all Facebook platforms. Singh was arrested by Hyderabad Police on 23 August 2022, mere hours after Singh's comments about Muhammad sparked protests in Hyderabad. It was speculated by many that the police were pressured by the ruling party in the state to take action against the accused.. He was suspended from BJP on 23 August for allegedly violating party norms . He was released on bail the same evening but later arrested again on 25 August 2022. After his speech had gone viral, Congress leader Rashid Khan from Hyderabad threatened to cut his head and burn down the city. After his threats, BJP questioned him over threats to a MLA and the Telangana Government for not intervening . Despite public outrage, Rashid was not arrested.

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T. Raja Singh affidavit
Living people 1977 births People from Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Telangana Telangana MLAs 2018–2023 {{Telangana-BJP-politician-stub