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Recently, some hate speech incidents have taken place in Uttarakhand and Delhi.

Here the speakers participating in a religious event made some offensive statements regarding minorities.

Although the government has constituted an SIT to look into the matter, there is need for more concrete actions in such which matters of this grave importance.

These can have serious implications for peace and stability in the country.

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Black’s law dictionary defines hate speech as a speech that carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for some group, such as a particular race, especially in circumstances that are likely to provoke violence. 

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel had stated in 1949 that It would be in the interest of all to forget that there is anything like majority or minority in this country and that in India there is only one community.”   

B R Ambedkar, had stated in the Constituent Assembly that: “Fraternity is the principle which gives unity and solidarity to social life.” “If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril.”  Constitutional framers had advisedly incorporated “fraternity” as one of the goals in the Preamble.   

Section updated on 17th Jan


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