Hyderabad: The Telangana government will soon follow neighbouring Karnataka after giving the go-ahead to a Bill to prevent hate speech and hate crimes at a Cabinet meeting held in the Assembly on Monday, March 23.
Karnataka, under the Congress governance passed the Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, on December 18 last year, the first such law in India.
The cabinet has also decided to form a sub-committee to work out the modalities of Rohith Vemula Bill. It will be chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, with ministers Damodar Raja Narasimha, D Sridhar Babu and Ponnam Prabhakar as members.
This is again an emulation of the Rohith Vemula (Prevention of Exclusion or Injustice ) Act passed by Karnataka government.
The legislation, when passed, will be aimed at preventing caste-based discrimination and harassment in the higher education institutions.
Telangana Gig Workers Bill and other decisions
The cabinet also approved the Telangana Platform and Gig Workers Bill, in addition to a bill aimed at protecting the advocates.
It decided to speed-up the process of taking over the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd from L&T, by giving HMRL the authority to operate the Hyderabad Metro.
The cabinet approved the report of Justice B Sudarshan Reddy on caste census done in Telangana.
