Why India’s great communicator Modi has fallen silent on mob lynching epidemic
Amrit Dhillon says India’s prime minister has a lot to say, just not about the rampaging mobs who have killed Muslims, Dalits and migrant workers, or about the members of his party who cosy up to these killers
The eight men dragged Ansari out of a car and killed him. Last week, they were released on bail pending their appeal. Sinha, who maintains the men are innocent despite the conviction, greeted them warmly.
These photo-opportunities are not accidental. Since this government came to power, whenever Muslims or Dalits (formerly known as untouchables) have been lynched, it has failed to express disgust and outrage. The odd minster might make a pathetically anodyne remark – too many days later and under media pressure – about how “the law must be maintained” but none of these remarks have conveyed genuine revulsion at innocent people being killed.