Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Topic: Hate speech

After Karnataka, Telangana to introduce hate speech law in Budget session

The Telangana government will introduce a law against hate speech, modelled on recently enacted legislation in Karnataka, during the upcoming Budget session, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy announced on Saturday.

Hate speech: Al Falah University, AMU, JMI, Darul Uloom should be blown up with cannons, says Yati Narsinghanand

Yati Narsinghanand Giri, the head priest (Mahant) of the Dasna Devi Temple in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, who is notorious for his genocidal and hate speech against Muslims, has demanded military action against Al-Falah University, Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University and Darul Uloom Deoband.

When a comment calls for cleansing

Hours after the car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort, social media had already chosen its culprits. On a reel posted by Instagram influencer Prafful Garg, showing an unverified image of a man beside a similar car, one user wrote, “It’s high time, we need internal cleaning.” Another replied, “He means my community’s genocide.”

Union minister stokes Islamophobia, says Revanth Reddy, Owaisi plan to turn Telangana into a Muslim state

BJP leader and Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a hate speech, alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi were conspiring to turn Telangana into a Muslim state, warning Hindus to be vigilant about Owaisi’s alleged dream of transforming India into a Muslim country by 2047.

Mumbai BJP chief’s Islamophobic speech: “No Khan will become mayor” remark after Mamdani’s victory draws outrage

Mumbai BJP chief Ameet Satam sparked outrage after reacting to Zohran Mamdani’s historic win as New York City’s first Muslim mayor, declaring, “We will not allow any Khan to become mayor,” and calling it a case of “vote jihad.”

Karnataka: FIR against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for hate speech against Muslims, anti-women remarks 

The Karnataka Police have registered an FIR against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for delivering a hate speech that promoted enmity between communities and insulted the modesty of women.