New Delhi: As many as 58 current MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to hate speeches, with the BJP having the maximum number of such politicians, a report said on Wednesday.
"Fifteen sitting Lok Sabha MPs have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves. None of the Rajya Sabha MPs have declared cases related to hate speech," a report by the Delhi-based think tank Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said.
Ten sitting Lok Sabha MPs with such declared cases are from the BJP, with the rest being members of the AIUDF, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), PMK, AIMIM and the Shiv Sena, it said.
"Political party leaders such as Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM) and Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF) have declared cases related to hate speech against themselves," ADR said.
Uma Bharti, a Union minister, has also declared such cases as also eight state ministers, the report added.
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