Panaji: Under attack over lynch mobs killing those suspected of cow slaughter or eating beef, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah has termed such incidents as “serious”, but claimed more of these were reported under the previous governments than during three years of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rule. He also insisted there was “no apprehension or fear” anywhere in the country in the aftermath of such incidents. “I do not want to compare and undermine the current incidents of lynching. But there have been more lynching incidents in 2011, 2012 and 2013,” Shah told a gathering of professionals in Goa on Saturday evening. “There have been more lynchings each year in the past, compared to the total lynching incidents that have happened during our three-year-long tenure,” the BJP leader said, without elaborating.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 13:52 UTC