BJP calls Rajiv Gandhi ‘father of mob lynching’ after Rahul says word unheard of before 2014

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, December 21

The BJP on Tuesday lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after his “Thank You Modi Ji” jibe in a tweet where he alleged that the word “lynching” became prevalent after Narendra Modi-led government came to power at the Centre in 2014.

“Before 2014, the word lynching was practically unheard of,” Gandhi tweeted with a hashtag “Thank You Modi Ji”.

Hitting back, BJP spokesperson RP Singh said Rahul Gandhi “forgets that his father Rajiv Gandhi patronage mob lynching of more than 3,000 Sikhs by Congress MPs and workers”.

BJP IT in-charge Amit Malviya tweeted saying: “meet Rajiv Gandhi, father of mob lynching, justifying blood curdling genocide of Sikhs”.

“Congress took to streets, raised slogans like ‘khoon ka badla khoon se lenge’, raped women, wrapped burning tyres around necks of Sikh men while dogs gorged on charred bodies dumped in drains,” Malviya said attaching the speech of Rahul Gandhi's father and former PM, Rajiv Gandhi, where he can be seen speaking of events following the death of his mother Indira Gandhi.