There is no common pattern of mob lynching across the country with incidents occurring in different states ruled by different political dispensations, the government said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy saidduring Question Hour that the BJP government was serious about tackling theissue and the prime minister had expressed concern.
“Available data shows that there is no common patternof mob lynching and incidents have happened in different states at differenttimes. Incidents have happened in different states ruled by different politicalparties,” he said.
Reddy said such incidents have been reported from Tripura,West Bengal and Kerala and had occurred previously also.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in the Upper House GhulamNabi Azad said during the last five years, incidents of lynching and violenceagainst minorities and Dalits have become too common.
He said these were not shown on television but whatsappmessages circulating show that minorities were forced to chant slogans bymembers associated to a political party and asked how many advisories were sentby the Centre to state governments in this regard.
Later Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD) raised the issue of communalriots in Muzzaffarnagar, saying 40 accused have been acquitted.He questioned what is being done for witnessprotection. To this, Home Minister Amit Shah said the minister concerned canonly respond when he has information on the specified time period.