Action taken against accused in every instance of mob justice, says Jaitley
July 20, 2017 18:39
The Rajya Sabha continued discussion into the fourth day of the monsoon session of Parliament on Thursday and the debate in the Upper House largely focussed on the issue of H1-B visa, India-China row and mob lynchings.
The Opposition led by Congress targeted the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, with former law minister Kapil Sibal denouncing the lynchings over cow slaughter as grotesque violence.
Finance and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley speaks, says the issue of lynchings is crucial and to give it political colours wont be fair. I dont want to explain or rationalise it. The home minister and the PM have in the past spoken against gau rakshaks.
Our sensitivity to the cow cannot justify any violence. Violence cannot be a partisan issue... We should remember that we are one of the worlds largest democracies. Our culture is to respect each other and tolerate each other -- called mutual respect of tolerance. We cannot insult any religion.
In respect to each incident of violence, the home minister spoke to every CM of the state and kept a track of cases against them. All the perpetrators are in jails, they will be prosecuted and serve their punishments," said Jaitley.
He added, "To kill a human in the name of cow is unequivocally condemned, but to provoke anyone -- at least in a place where cow slaughter is prohibited -- is equally condemnable. No body has the right to take law in their own hand. It doesnt mean that in prohibited areas, cow slaughter should be encouraged or eulogised.
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