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New Delhi/Jaipur, July 27: Questioning the intention of Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje regarding action against the perpetrators in communal violence and mob lynching cases, general secretary of Congress, Digvijaya Singh on Thursday suggested her to look at the common “background of the accused” in most of the cases of lynching.
“I totally agree with the views of Vasundhara ji and of course her upbringing is certainly not communal. But would she please look at the background of the accused in most of the lynching cases?,” Singh tweeted.
I totally agree with the views of Vasundhara ji and of course her upbringing is certainly not communal.
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 27, 2017
But would she please look at the background of the accused in most of the lynching cases?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 27, 2017
In three more consecutive tweets Singh expressing his doubt if Raje is really serious to check incidents of lynching, he said that she must ensure severe action against accused in lynching as well as those who spread hatred through social media.
“Hatred leads to Communal Violence and Lynching. Would she please look at who is spreading hatred on Social Media through Fake News? If Vasundhara ji is really serious about checking incidents of Lynching she must ensure severe action and conviction in both cases. Would she or would she be allowed to? I have my doubts.”
Hatred leads to Communal Violence and Lynching. Would she please look at who is spreading hatred on Social Media through Fake News?
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 27, 2017
If Vasundhara ji is really serious about checking incidents of Lynching she must ensure severe action and conviction in both cases.
— digvijaya singh (@digvijaya_28) July 27, 2017
Digvijaya made tweets in response to Vasundhara Raje’s tweets earlier in the day over lynchings. She had alleged a section of media and political parties for generating a false narrative about mob violence to defame her party BJP.
“Over last 18 months, a false narrative about mob violence being driven by political blessings is being amplified by some parts of the press,” Raje tweeted.
Over last 18 months, a false narrative about mob violence being driven by political blessings is being amplified by some parts of the press.
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 27, 2017
She said that allegations are not convictions.
“Good police work involves recording allegations, investigating & presenting the case to Court for justice. Allegations are not Convictions.”
Good police work involves recording allegations, investigating & presenting the case to Court for justice. Allegations are not Convictions.
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 27, 2017
Extrapolating individual acts of criminality to entire groups is unsound, unfair and unscientific.
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 27, 2017
She said that her party BJP does not condone violence and see all citizens equally.
“We never condone violence, the Constitution is supreme, and all citizens irrespective of race, religion, and gender are equal under law.”
we never condone violence, the Constitution is supreme, and all citizens irrespective of race, religion, and gender are equal under law.
— Vasundhara Raje (@VasundharaBJP) July 27, 2017
In the last three months, around two dozen people, mostly Muslims, have been lynched over cow, beef or child theft rumours in different parts of the country. Most of the killings, however, have taken place in BJP-ruled states of Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Haryana.
Some Latest Cases of Lynching:
02 July: A man named Asadul was lynched by villagers in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj district as he was allegedly trying to run away after murdering his wife.
29 June: Mohd Allimuddin, a resident of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand, was beaten to death by a mob in Ramgarh district of the same state on suspicion that he was carrying beef in his vehicle.
22 June: Three people identified as Mohammad Nasir, Nasirul Haque and Mohammad Samiruddin were lynched in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district after they were allegedly caught stealing cows from a house.
22 June: A minor named Junaid Khan, 16, was beaten and stabbed to death by a group of people in a running train in Haryana.
16 June: Social activist Zafar Khan was allegedly beaten to death by municipality employees in Pratapgarh district of Rajasthan when he objected to them taking photos of women defecating in the open.
18 May: Four people named Naeem, Khali, Farzu and Raju were lynched in Seraikela-Kharsawa district of Jharkhand on suspicion of being child lifter.
18 May: Three people named Vikas Kumar Verma, Uttam Kumar Verma and Ganesh Kumar Gupta were lynched in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on suspicion of being child lifter.
02 May: Ghulam Mohammad, 45, was killed by a group of men for allegedly helping an inter-faith couple in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.
30 April: Two persons named Abu Hanifa and Riazuddin Ali were lynched by a mob in Nagaon district of Assam on suspicion of stealing cattle.
01April: Haryana dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, 55, was lynched in Alwar district of Rajasthan.
(Data compiled by IndiaTomorrow.net)
