No BJP MLA Will Take Oath Administered by Akbaruddin Owaisi: Raja Singh
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: The selection of AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, who was elected for the sixth term on December 3, as the pro-tem Speaker of the Third Legislative Assembly of Telangana appeared to set the stage for a new confrontation with the BJP. Raja Singh, in a statement, also accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of attempting to appease the minority community and the MIM by choosing Owaisi as pro-tem Speaker when there were several seniors from other parties who could have been picked for the responsibility. It may be recalled that Raja Singh, after the 2018 elections, had refused to take oath when MIM Charminar MLA Mumtaz Ahmed Khan was picked as the pro-tem Speaker. “As long as I am alive, I will never take oath before the MIM, Akbaruddin Owaisi, and a descendant of Razakar leader Kasim Razvi,” Raja Singh declared, adding that under no circumstance would any of the other winners from the BJP take oath on Saturday. Raja Singh also asked the Chief Minister to explain what the Congress-MIM relationship was, especially after repeatedly claiming during the election campaign that the BRS, MIM and the BJP were working together.