The Congress has been targeting the government on the issue of mob violence and has claimed that there have been almost 28 cases of people being lynched every month under the Modi government, a first in the 70 years of the country’s independence. Earlier this week five people were lynched in Maharashtra over rumors. In a press conference, Congress spokesman Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi had also echoed his party colleague’s line and accused the central government of “aiding and abetting” incidents of lynching across the country. Read more…