More popular Modi becomes, more lynchings will happen: Union Minister

July 21, 2018 15:31

Union Minister Arjun Meghwal today stoked a controversy by linking lynching incidents to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.

"The more popular Modiji becomes, the more such incidents will happen," Meghwal said.

He further added, "In Bihar election, it was award wapsi, in UP election, it was mob lynching. In 2019 election, it'll be something else. Modiji gave policies and the impact of these is being seen. Incidents (lynching) like these are reactions."

Meghwal was reacting to a lynching incident in Rajasthan's Alwar district where a man, identified as Akbar Khan, was beaten to death by a mob allegedly on suspicion of cow smuggling.

Echoing Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Union minister for water resources said that the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were the "biggest mob lynchings in the nations history."

"We condemn mob lynching but this isn't a single incident. You have to trace this back in history. Why does this happen? Who should stop this? What happened with Sikhs in 1984 was the biggest mob lynching of this nation's history," Meghwal said.

Countering the Opposition attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government over instances of mob lynching, Singh, while debating during no-trust motion on Friday, said the 1984 anti-Sikh riot was 'biggest' such incident.

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