Politburo member of Communist Party of India, CPI (M) criticised the rise in the number of mob lynching cases on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Karat said, “The increase in the number of mob lynching cases in the State has made Jharkhand, Lynch-khand. The trend that’s started in our nation lately, with people wearing saffron scarves and carrying out inhuman activities in the name of nationalism is not at all acceptable.”
Her statement comes days after the latest mob lynching incident at Serailkela-Kharsawan district where a 24 year old, Tabrez Ansari, was beaten to death on charges of motorcycle theft. Jharkhand has witnessed several such incidents in the past couple of years, drawing criticism from political parties. Karat, on Tuesday, also took a jibe at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for giving clean chits to their leaders who were accused of corruption.
“BJP has got this ultimate cleansing process in which no matter whatsoever one’s background be, they get a clean-chit after joining the BJP. A fair example of this situation can be seen in the number of corrupt politicians of TMC (Trinamool Congress) joining the Bharatiya Janata Party and moving freely around the nation without being answerable to anyone,” said Karat.