BENGALURU: Slamming the Congress-led government for tabling the Hate Speech Regulation Bill in the Karnataka Assembly, BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai stated that it is "unconstitutional".
He further stated that the BJP strongly condemns it and will launch a legal battle.
In a post on X on Thursday, Bommai said that the Karnataka state government's new bill is unconstitutional.
The law curtails freedom of speech and personal liberty, the former Chief Minister said.
"There are already sufficient laws to prevent hate speech, and those laws can be used. But by bringing a law with a ten-year sentence and enabling non-bailable warrants, the government is plotting to send to jail anyone who speaks against it or its party. This is against democracy, " he alleged.