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’