New Delhi: Asked about the increasing number of incidents of hate speech in the country being made by politicians against minorities, the Union government informed parliament that police and public order are state subjects and that state governments “are responsible for prevention, detection and investigation of crimes and for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement agencies.”
The Centre’s reply came on Wednesday (March 26) in response to a written question by Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Daroga Prasad Saroj in the Lok Sabha who asked whether the government is aware of increasing number of incidents of hate speeches being made by the politicians against minorities in the country including details of such incidents and whether the government has plans to formulate any new and adequately strict laws to deal with each incidents caused by hate speeches made against the minorities.
In his response, Rijiju did not provide any data on the number of hate speeches delivered by politicians in the country and passed the buck to state governments.