3 Cases of mob violence, intolerance make me furious and my blood boil: Priyanka. In the wake of the growing number of mob lynching cases in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee asked whether people were vigilant enough to save the basic tenets of the country. He inaugurated the event in the presence of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Pained to see mob frenzy, President Mukherjee said, "When mob lynching becomes so rampant and uncontrollable, we have to pause and reflect, are we vigilant enough?" Under the banner "Not In My Name", there were agitations witnessed across various states on Wednesday to protest against the incidents of mob lynching in the country.

Source: India Today July 01, 2017 16:40 UTC