Hitting out at RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat for his comments that the word "lynching" was "alien" to the Indian tradition, the CPI on Thursday said mob lynching is a reality and has become a "new normal".
"RSS, instead of condemning the mob lynching, gives a spin saying that lynching is alien concept and a conspiracy to tarnish Hindu culture. Mob lynching is a reality and has become a new normal. The country knows who are the lynchers," said CPI general secretary D Raja in a statement.
The Left party leader was reacting to the RSS Chief's comments that that the word "lynching" was "alien" to the Indian tradition. In his Dussehra address in Nagpur, Bhagwat had said isolated incidents of social violence should not be labelled with foreign words, like lynching, to defame the country.
Touching on various aspects of Bhagwat's speech, Raja accused RSS-BJP "trampled" upon every right of the people won through relentless struggles. The Left party appealed to all the left, democratic, secular forces to "strike together, while marching separately" and raise their voices against the shutdown in Jammu & Kashmir.
People have been allegedly denied even the basic rights and leaders have been held under house arrests. "The sinister move to consolidate Hindu votes making full use of armed forces' victories, Islamaphobia, etc, have to explained in detail to the masses," said the CPI leader.