Preventive order against Hyderabad MLA Raja Singh in entering Yadgir

Gosha Mahal MLA T. Raja Singh was scheduled to participate in the Shobha Yatra and Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti celebrations in Yadgir on Thursday. | Photo credit: FILE PHOTO

Deputy Commissioner Yadgir issued a preventive order against Hyderabad MLA Raja Singh from entering the district for a month even as Shivaji Jayanti celebrations were postponed.

Following a preventive order passed by Deputy Commissioner Harshal Bhoyar, who is also the District Magistrate, on Wednesday stopped Raja Singh Thakur, Independent MLA from Gosha Mahal constituency in Telangana’s Hyderabad city, from entering Yadgir district for one month, the planned Shobha Yatra and a public event to celebrate Shivaji Yarad Jagirvar town were postponed at Savaji Maharaj Jayyrvar. for an indefinite period.

Mr. Thakur was to attend the function as the keynote speaker.

The deputy commissioner’s order came into effect on the basis of a report submitted by the police department, which said that public peace would be disturbed if Mr. Thakur attended and made a speech against a particular community.

Referring to several cases that were earlier registered against Mr. Thakur at various police stations in Telangana and in Yadgir following his speech against a certain community, the Deputy Commissioner, exercising the power conferred under Section 163 (1) (2) and (3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Samhita 2023, issued an order barring Mr. Thakural from entering the constituency for one month for a possible period of harmony. with his speech during the event.

Organizers, who did not have an immediate option as the event was already scheduled for Thursday, postponed the event indefinitely, sources said.

As per the earlier schedule, the Shobha Yatra was held on the main street of the city, starting from Bhavani Temple near Kanaka Circle via Babu Jagjivan Ram Circle, Valmiki Nagar, Hattikuni Road, Gandhi Circle, Shivaji Circle, Mailapur Base and Hanuman Temple, and ending at Gandhi Circle where nearly 3,000 people were scheduled for a public event.

When the deputy commissioner’s order came into effect on Thursday, the organizers postponed their planned event, the Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti and Shobha Yatra celebrations.

“We are planning to challenge the order of the deputy commissioner in the High Court of Karnataka, Kalaburagi. The district administration is trying to suppress the rights of people to celebrate the Jayanti of the great warrior Shivaji Maharaj,” Veer Savarkar Sena founder and president Parashuram Shegurkar told The Hindu over phone.

Published – 21 May 2026 19:52 IST