The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has sought reports from the Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh governments on the hate speeches allegedly delivered at religious conclaves in Haridwar and Raipur, its chairman Iqbal Singh Lalpura said on Wednesday.

The commission has also taken note of an ongoing row in Gurgaon over offering namaz in open spaces and called for a report from the Haryana government, Lalpura said.

Later in a statement, the NCM said it had also taken “suo motu” cognisance of “attacks on churches” in different parts of the country and would send teams to enquire into the matter as well as seek reports from the authorities concerned.

“Appropriate action” will be taken by the commission “accordingly”, it said, adding that the NCM chairman had “proposed” to visit the site in Ambala where a “church was vandalised” recently.