The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is not interested in bringing a separate law to prevent lynchings in the country even after the Supreme Court urged that the parliament bring in a separate law, NDTV reported.
“There is already a law and no such requirement for a separate law,” top BJP sources told NDTV.
In Parliament, Home Minister Rajnath Singh put the onus on state governments while speaking about the increasing number of deaths due to lynchings across the country. “I have spoken to all chief ministers of the state where incidents of lynching were reported,” he said.
Singh then blamed fake news and the spread of rumours on social media for the menace. He said that the Centre has asked social media platforms to install checks in their system to curb the issue.