TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The government will enact a law, if necessary, to curb the incidents of lynching, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday amid Opposition outcry over the growing number of such cases.
Singh also said the government has taken the issue seriously and would look at taking stringent action against the culprits, as the ruling coalition faced a scathing attack from the Congress, the Trinamool Congress and the Left parties in the Lok Sabha over the rising cases of lynching.
Opposition members created a din during the Zero Hour and many of them rushed to the well, as a visibily peeved Speaker Sumitra Mahajan allowed some of the leaders to raise the issue after papers were laid.
Responding to the concerns expressed by the members, Singh said the government would enact a law, if necessary, to curb the incidents of lynching. On Monday, the home ministry announced setting up of two high-level committees to suggest ways and a legal framework to effectively deal with incidents of mob violence and lynching.
