Overview
- The Assembly formally named a 13-member select committee to examine the Telangana Hate Speech and Hate Crimes Prevention Act, 2026, with BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar as chair.
- The committee’s members include Balu Naik Nenavath, T. Lakshmi Kantha Rao, G. Madhusudhan Reddy, K. Rajesh Reddy, Kavvampalli Satyanarayana, Yeshaswini Mamidala, Danam Nagender, Kova Lakshmi, K. Manik Rao, Rama Rao Pawar, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala and Kunamaneni Sambasiva Rao.
- Lawmakers had referred the bill to a select committee after several members objected that specific provisions could be used for vindictive or punitive action against individuals.
- The select committee was instructed to submit its report to the House on or before the concluding session of the monsoon sitting, setting the immediate schedule for possible clause-by-clause changes.
- On the same day the legislature also formed multiple joint and house committees, including panels on subordinate legislation, amenities, scheduled-caste and scheduled-tribe welfare, Rules, Privileges and Petitions, Government Assurances and Ethics.