The incidents of mob lynching are a result of economic disparity, BJP member Meenakshi Lekhi said in the Lok Sabha today.
Speaking during Zero Hour, Lekhi said the Supreme Court has spoken about "mobocracy" yesterday.
Giving instances of the killing of Bengal migrant worker Manik Roy and an adivasi youth Madhu in Kerala, Lekhi said these cases of lynchings were on account of economic issues.
"It is because of economic disparity," she said.
Last month, Roy was beaten up by a group of men in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala on the suspicion that he had stolen a hen. He had later succumbed to injuries. In February, a 30-year old tribal man Madhu was beaten by an irate mob, accusing him of theft.
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Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha was informed today the government does not maintain specific data on lynching incidents in the country.
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir said the state governments were competent to deal with such offences under the existing laws.
The minister's response comes a day after the Supreme Court had asked Parliament to consider enacting a new law to effectively deal with incidents of mob lynching and cow vigilantism, saying "horrendous acts of mobocracy" cannot be allowed to become a new norm.
(Agencies)
