Hyderabad, Jan. 27 -- Days after the India Hate Lab's annual report ranked the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, "the most prolific hate speech actor" of 2025, he has responded saying he "accepts the tag."

According to the report, the most frequent organisers were reported to be Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, and Uttarakhand CM Dhami emerged as the most prolific hate speech actor, with 71 speeches.

In his Republic Day address, he repeated more hate speech comments and said if protecting Uttarakhand's citizens from crimes committed by the minority groups was called hate speech, then he accepts it.

"An American NGO has put me at number one for the most hate speeches. Brothers and sisters, should there be ille...