Indian lawmaker booked for calling Hyderabad 'mini Pakistan'

Controversial BJP leader also said he was preparing a private army of youths to fight others

An Indian legislator has been booked for describing the cold city of Hyderabad, the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana, as "mini Pakistan" and other 'objectionable' remarks, according to The News Minute.

Bharatiya Janata Party's Raja Singh Lodh, who is a member of Telangana State Assembly from the Goshamahal constituency, was quoted as telling a television channel that the Constitution and the law currently in force were not his prime concern.

The controversial lawmaker also said he was preparing a private army of youths to fight others.

"His interview is provocative, promoting enmity among the public and leading to the disturbance of peace, public order and communal harmony," Hyderabad deputy commissioner of police V Satyanarayana said.



A case under  the Indian Penal Code has been registered against him at the Mir Chowk Police Station in the old city.

Singh is a divisive figure and has several cases of hate speech pending against him.

Earlier, the police booked Singh for his statement that there was no place in India, for those who did not sing 'Vande Mataram'.

Before that, the police had booked another case on the legislator for threatening to"'behead" anyone who opposed the construction of a Ram temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya.



The police have also booked Mohammed Abdul Majid of Darasgah Jihad-o-Shadat on same charges for conducting a mass drill with "arms" and lathis at the Hazrat Ujale Shah Eidgah ground on May 12 in addition to delivering a provocative speech.

According to police, he was conducting classes for volunteers and youths for "self defence.

Singh came out on Sunday saying there was "nothing wrong" with his "mini Pakistan" remark.

 

Galat nahi bola, Telangana assembly me maine kaha tha ki Hyderabad Old City ek 'mini Pakistan' ka adda bante ja raha hai: BJP MLA Raja Singh pic.twitter.com/GEwUfHBEV2

— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2017