Hyderabad, July 7 -- Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar on Monday, July 6, constituted a Select Committee to examine the Bill introduced in the Assembly in March this year to curb hate speech.

The committee will be chaired by Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar and comprise 12 MLAs as members. The Speaker directed the panel to submit its report before the upcoming Monsoon Session of the Assembly.

The legislation, aimed at strengthening measures to curb hate speech, was referred to the Select Committee for detailed examination before it is taken up further.

Speaker announces various committees

The Speaker also announced the constitution of several Assembly, Legislative Council, welfare and joint c...