In yet another act of spreading hate among two communities, Bharatiya Janata Party's lone legislator in the newly-elected Telangana Assembly, Raja Singh, has said that he will not participate in the swearing-in ceremony scheduled for 17 January, because the designated Pro-tem Speaker Mumtaz Ahmed Khan belongs to the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).
This comes a day after it was announced that Mumtaz Ahmed Khan would take oath as Pro-tem Speaker on 16 January. Usually, the senior most MLA-elect is made the Pro-tem Speaker and in the case of Telangana, it was 70-year-old Khan.
A press release from the Chief Minister's Office said that Governor ESL Narasimhan will administer the oath to Khan, who represents Charminar constituency.