Mob lynchings didn\'t start only after 2014\, shouldn\'t be politicised: PM Modi to ANI

Mob lynchings didn't start only after 2014, shouldn't be politicised: PM Modi to ANI

The government last year came under considerable fire over incidents of mob-lynching, especially in the name of cow, across the country.

New Delhi
UPDATED: January 1, 2019 19:22 IST
Narendra Modi speaking on mob lynching and rapes in Parliament last year. (Image: PTI)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Such incidents are condemnable but did this start only after 2014, the PM asked
  • One must refrain from politicising them, he added 
  • The government last year came under considerable fire over incidents of mob-lynching across India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said mob lynchings shouldn't be politicised.

In an interview to ANI, his first in the new year, the prime minister said: "We must unite to condemn lynchings and refrain from politicising them."

"Any such incident doesn't bode well of a civilised society. This is condemnable but did this start only after 2014? We all need to fight this together and make sure that such incidents don't occur again," he said.

Refusing indulge in politicisation of such incidents, he said: "How did it start, who started it, I would not like to add to such discussions."

The government last year came under considerable fire over the incidents of mob-lynching, especially in the name of cow, across the country.

Responding to the Opposition charges during a debate on the no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha last year, the Prime Minister condemned incidents of mob killing and rapes as acts against humanity and had asked respective state governments to take stringent action in such cases.

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