BJP will become a strong opposition, if we cannot form the government: Raja Singh

If the BJP does not win in the upcoming Assembly polls in Telangana, the saffron party will emerge as a strong opposition, the party's Goshamahal constituency candidate and outgoing legislator T Raja Singh said on Thursday. 

The controversial legislator alleged that the ruling BRS party colluded with leaders of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM and has induced around "17,000 bogus votes" in the constituency making it a fight between the BJP and MIM.

He is pitted against BRS' Nanda Kishore Vyas and Congress' Mogili Sunitha.

"We are hopeful that we will form the government. By any chance if we cannot form



the government, the BJP will become a strong opposition," he told PTI when asked about some of the surveys being not in favour of the BJP forming the government in Telangana.

The BJP leadership, last month revoked the suspension of the Goshamahal MLA considering his explanation in response to the show cause notice served by the party earlier.

In August last year, Raja Singh was suspended from the party following his alleged controversial remarks against "Islam and Prophet Mohammed" in a video which was later pulled down by the social media platform on which it was uploaded.