Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said he “accepts the tag” after being named the most prolific hate-speech actor of 2025 in a report by the India Hate Lab, arguing that if raising issues what he called “threats to Uttarakhand’s future” is labelled hate speech, then he is willing to accept it.
An annual report on hate speechreleased by the India Hate Lab (IHL), a project of the Center for the Study of Organized Hate (CSOH) found that Pushkar Singh Dhami emerged as the most prolific hate speech actor in the country with 71 recorded speeches.
Responding to the report during his Republic Day address, Dhami said, “An American NGO has put me at number one for the most hate speeches. Brothers and sisters, should there be illegal infiltration in Uttarakhand? Should there be forced conversion in Uttarakhand? Shouldn’t there be a law for those who spread violence in Uttarakhand?”
“The future of our kids was getting uncertain. Isn’t it our responsibility that we give the future generation of the state a safe Uttarakhand?,” he asked, stating that “As the chief servant of the state, if I bring up these things and you call it hate speech then I accept it.”
He also mentioned conspiracies like love jihad in order to justify the speeches given against the Muslim community.
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