Pranab Mukherjee slams mob lynchings, asks 'are we vigilant enough'
"We shall have to pause and ponder over, and reflect, when we read in newspapers that an individual is being lynched because of some alleged violation of law or not. When mob frenzy becomes so hard and irrational, uncontrollable, we are to pause and reflect 'are you vigilant enough'?" Mukherjee said.
Slamming such killings in the name of vigilantism, he noted, "I am not talking of vigilantism, I am talking of 'are you vigilant enough', pro-actively, to save the basic tenets of our time."
Mukherjee made the statements while making an address on Saturday at the release of a commemorative edition of "National Herald" on 70 years of Independence.
The event which was attended by senior Congress leaders and eminent citizens.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
