Congress Deputy Leader in the Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah stating that an “atmosphere of insecurity and distrust” is being created through hate speeches and “the image of the world’s largest democracy has been tarnished”.
The Congress leader, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee panel on Home Affairs, has asked Mr. Shah to advise the Union Home Secretary about sensitising the State governments and suggested legislative changes to the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) to more effectively deal with such speeches.
