Urban Mirror Correspondent
New Delhi, September 8: The Lok Gathbandhan Party (LGP) today criticised the States which have so far not complied with the order of the Supreme Court listing several directives on dealing with rising cases of mob lynching in the country. The LGP said the top court had issued 11 preventive measures on July 17 but of 29 states only 11 have complied with the instructions, which indicated laxity on their part in dealing with such a serious matter in the country.
The spokesman of the party said here on Saturday that the increasing culture of mobocracy demanded exemplary punishment against those involved in these heinous crimes in various parts of the country. The spokesman said slackness on the part of law enforcing machinery in several states has led to this serious situation that has forced the apex court had to issue stern warning to the states.
Expressing shock over 20 cases of lynching during the last few months, the spokesman activities of rabid communal elements is blot on the civil society. Pointing out that spread of fake news through various social media platforms has led to the unprecedented crisis, the spokesman said there is no dearth of laws to prevent the crimes but there is utter lack of will in the government to control the crime for sheer political reasons. The spokesman said apart from cow vigilantism, fake news like child lifting, rapes has led to spurt in mob lynching during the last few years and the central as well state governments cannot absolve themselves of the responsibilities. The spokesman said that the directives of the apex court should be immediately implemented and those violating it should also face action. The spokesman that with 2019 Lok Sabha election fast approaching BJP leaders have stepped up their communal overtones to appease the communal elements responsible for creating law and order problem. Condemning the prevailing atmosphere of intolerance, the spokesman said new lynching culture has threatened the democracy and destroyed social fabrics.
The spokesman said that state governments buckling under pressure of fringe elements have failed to maintain law and order situation. The spokesman said this is in fact diversionary tactics to deflect the attention of the people from real developmental issues and rampant corruption in the system. The LGP has thus called upon the peaceful and freedom loving- people to counter these forces for the larger interest of the country, as there are many more pressing and essential issues which deserved attention and solution.
