Hyderabad, Feb. 20 -- In yet another controversial remark, Goshamahal MLA T Raja Singh challenged All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Akbaruddin Owaisi to give his followers just "five minutes" so that they could show their might.

Singh made the remarks during a public meeting held in Warangal on the occasion of Chhatrapati Shivaji's birth anniversary on Thursday, February 19, 2026.

The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's statement was apparently directed at Akbaruddin Owaisi for his alleged hate speech in 2012 at two public meetings in Nirmal and Nizamabad, for which two cases were filed against him.

Owasi had allegedly said that if the police were kept off-duty for 15 minutes, one community could wipe out...