Telangana Govt Introduces Bill against Hate Speeches

The government has introduced the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026 in the Assembly, proposing a maximum jail term of 10 years to related offences. 

If passed, Telangana would become the second state after Karnataka to pass such a law in the Legislature. Legislative affairs minister D Sridhar Babu moved the motion to



introduce the Bill on behalf of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. 

Under the Bill, whoever commits a "hate crime" shall be punished with imprisonment of not less than one year, which may extend to seven years, along with a fine of Rs 50,000. Repeated offences will attract a fine of 1 lakh and imprisonment ranging from two years up to ten years.