The Telangana High Court on Wednesday ordered release of BJP MLA Raja Singh, who was arrested under Preventive Detention Act in August after he made derogatory comments about Prophet Mohammad.

While setting aside PD Act proceedings against the MLA, the court ordered his release forthwith. It, however, laid down certain conditions, including that except four family members of the BJP leader and his counsel, no other person shall be present inside or outside the jail at the time of his release.

It also directed the MLA should not participate or hold any celebratory rallies/meetings after his release. He was also told not to give interviews to any media house.

The court asked the MLA not to make any provocative speeches against any religion or post any derogatory or offensive posts on any social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Youtube etc.

A division bench of Justices Abhishek Reddy and J. Sreedvi passed the orders on a petition filed by Raja Singh’s wife challenging the invoking of PD Act.

Raja Singh was sent to jail on August 25 after Hyderabad Police Commissioner invoked Preventive Detention (PD) Act.

The police took the action after continuingAprotests for his re-arrest for allegedly making derogatory comments about Prophet Mohammad.

According to police, Raja Singh, a rowdy sheeter of Mangalhat Police Station, has been habitually delivering provocative and inflammatory speeches and driving a wedge between communities leading to public disorder.

A total of 101 criminal cases have been registered against him since 2004. He was involved in 18 communal offences in the limits of different police stations in Hyderabad.

Raja Singh on August 22 posted online an offensive video against Prophet Mohammad with an intention to provoke all sections of people and thereby cause breach of peace and public tranquility.

Following massive protests, the police had arrested Raja Singh the next day. He, however, was granted bail by a city court the same day.

Last month, the PD Act Advisory Board appointed by the state government upheld the police action in invoking PD Act. It rejected the representation of Raja Singh’s wife.

A special court here on Friday sentenced BJP MLA T. Raja Singh to one year imprisonment for assaulting police in 2015.

The special sessions judge for trial of cases against MPs/MLAs also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Singh, who represents Goshamahal Assembly constituency.

The court found him guilty of threatening and assaulting police in 2015 after he was arrested for trying to stop a ‘beef festival’ organised by some student groups on Osmania University Campus.

After the court convicted Raja Singh and pronounced the sentence, police took him into custody.

The MLA said the court subsequently granted him bail and gave him time till March 1 to file an appeal before the High Court.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Osmania University students had organised beef festival on the campus. Raja Singh was leaving for the venue to disrupt the festival when police took him into preventive custody. He was shifted to Bollaram police station.

The BJP MLA allegedly assaulted and threatened sub-inspector of police at Bollaram police station when he tried to prevent his supporters who had come there to meet him.

A case under Sections 353 (Assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the controversial legislator.

The police had filed a charge sheet against Raja Singh in 2019.

Meanwhile, Raja Singh said that he is even prepared for the death sentence to protect the cow. He said in a statement that on receiving the information about beef festival he along with his ‘karyakartas’ tried to visit Osmania University to stop the beef festival, but were stopped by police and taken to the police station where he alleged his followers were baton-charged.

BJP’s firebrand MLA Raja Singh has created a sensation in political circles by levelling serious changes against tennis star Sania Mirza. He has said that Sania is involved in the shooting and killing of an ox at Damagudem in forest area surroundings in the Vikarabad district. Raja Singh says that as per the local villagers, it was Sania who has shot dead the ox but not anybody else. The incident took place in a farm house there.

The BJP MLA has also said that the local villagers were talking about the killing of a peacock by Sania in the past in their surroundings. The Telangana Government should order a detailed investigation into the killing of the ox. Already, a case was filed and investigation was on.

Raja Singh’s latest allegations caught political circles by surprise as he made open remarks despite the fact that investigation was already launched. Only on Tuesday, the local police arrested Umar, who was incharge of the farm house belonging to Sania. The case was also filed based on complaints made by the local people.

Facebook on Thursday banned BJP MLA T Raja Singh from its platform and Instagram for violating its policy on content promoting violence and hate.

“We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an emailed statement.

Facebook decided to ban Raja Singh following a report carried in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) alleging that the social media platform had ignored the hate speech being unleashed by ruling party leaders. The report also accused some Facebook employees being favorable to the ruling party.

In one of his posts, Raja Singh said Ro­hingya Mus­lim im­mi­grants should be shot, called Mus­lims trai­tors and threatened to raze mosques.

The WSJ report alleged that Facebook had ignored posts by Raja Singh that contained content that qualified as hate speech according to the social media’s policies.

Meanwhile, Raja Singh thanked Facebook from removing the obectionable posts purportedly written by him. He stated that his Facebook pages were hacked and some unknown people were posting obectionable comments. Further, he pointed out that Facebook also removed his 2018 account and said he will write to FB seeking revocation of its decision to remove his account.

In shocking news, the only one MLA in Telangana state from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mr. Raja Singh Lodh has Rowdy Sheet with Mangalhat police under the jurisdiction of West Zone of Hyderabad Police Commissionerate. It was found when few rowdy sheeters went to the police station for the regular attendance and the name of the MLA is displayed at the row number 24 in the history sheeters’ list. It was also mentioned that he is an MLA.

Soon after the news was spreading over social media, Mr. Raja Singh responded on the matter and alleged that it was a conspiracy by the ruling TRS party and its alliance AIMIM. “It was a conspiracy behind me. I came to know today that a rowdy sheet has been registered against me with Mangalhat Police,” he said.

He alleged that the police have become a puppet and are under the clutches of the AIMIM leaders. “Earlier they were working genuinely but, now they are acting as per the directions by the AIMIM with the support of the ruling party. The TRS always tries to eliminate the opposition. In order to achieve its goal, it is targeting me. The government is digging my criminal background due to the high pressure by the AIMIM,” he said.

He questioned the chief minister Mr. KCR that was there no rowdies in the ruling party? “Even few ministers are involved in crimes and the government should focus on it,” he demanded.

Controversial BJP MLA from Telangana State, Raja Singh on Tuesday revolted against his own party leadership by leveling serious allegations against top BJP leaders in state.

Raja Singh is the only MLA representing BJP in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Raja Singh alleged that top BJP leaders in state had worked to defeat him in 2018 Assembly polls but he could survive due to the blessings of God and the people of his Goshamahal constituency in Hyderabad

Though BJP heavyweights and sitting MLA like G Kishan Reddy, K Laxman, Chintala Ramachandra Reddy and NVSS Prabhakar lost their MLA seats in the “TRS wave” in December 2018 Assembly polls, Raja Singh was the lone sitting BJP MLA, who could withstand TRS wave and emerged victorious.

Speaking to media in Hyderabad on Tuesday , Raja Singh accused the BJP leaders in Telangana of deliberately ignoring him and sidelining him in all the party activities in the state. He also accused the BJP top leaders of not even recognizing him as the BJP’s Legislature Party leader in the Telangana Legislative Assembly.

Known as a hardcore “Hindutva” leader in Telangana BJP, Raja Singh sparked several controversies since 2014, when he was first elected as MLA with his sharp remarks and criticism against Minorities, especially the AIMIM , accusing it of making Old City as the ‘den’ for illegal Pakistan migrants and a harbor of terrorists.

He said the BJP state unit president Dr K Laxman defeat in Assembly polls was due to his preoccupation with the party office works and not being able to focus on the constituency.

He charged the Union Minister of State for Home Kishan Reddy for not adhering to the protocol and not even giving information to him on visit to his Maharajgunj constituency.

He said MPs Bandi Sanjay and Aravind besides DK Aruna are efficient to lead BJP in Telangana for 2023 Assembly polls.

Raja Singh described UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanadh as his political guru.

He remarked that he had no interest to become the BJP state unit president and his areas of focus are safeguarding the Hindu dharma and cows.

He alleged that senior leaders in the party worked for his electoral defeat while the party workers put everything at stake to get him elected as MLA.

Revolting against his own party leadership is not new for Raja Singh. In his first term as MLA, he lodged complaint with the BJP national president Amit Shah against then MLA, now union minister Kishan Reddy for sidelining him in the party.

He even announced to have resigned from the BJP to take part in “Go Raksha movement” in August 2018 claiming that he did it to save PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and BJP from embarrassment of BJP MLA