Assembly Speaker G Prasad Kumar constituted a 13-member Select Committee headed by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar to examine the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026. The committee has been asked to submit its report before the Monsoon Session concludes
The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed India’s first anti-hate speech law, providing for imprisonment of up to seven years. While the government cited Supreme Court observations, the BJP opposed the move, alleging threats to free speech, the press, and political dissent
