Congress rejects Amit Shah’s lynching remark, says BJP playing ‘blame game’
Brushing aside Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s allegation that lynching cases were higher under Congress regime, the grand old party said the saffron party is an expert in playing blame game.
“It is unfortunate that BJP is playing the blame game in the matters of lynching. There is no concept of competitive lynching. I disagree and reject with the fact that more lynching incidents took place during 2011-13. These reports are false,” Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi told ANI.
He further said lynching incidents have not happened since the last 70 years but are happening now in the name of cow protection.
The BJP chief on Saturday had disapproved that the cases of lynching in the country rose in the three years of the Narendra Modi Government, stating that the atrocities took place comparatively higher in the previous Congress regime.
“In 2011, 2012 and 2013, lynching cases were much more than three years of our government, but no one raised questions then. Even when Akhlaq was lynched, the Samajwadi Party (SP) was in the government. The law and order comes under the state subject, hence the responsibility fell on the SP, but they instead took out dharnas against Prime Minister Modi,” Shah …read more