Anand Sharma later said, "I demand that you clarify in India's national interest and global perception, whether you endorse or condemn such killings of innocent men, women and children by mobs. Please come clean on this in India's national interest."

Addressing the RSS's Vijayadashmi rally at Nagpur, Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat said it was wrong to use the term lynching in the Indian context.

Bhagwat ruled out the involvement of RSS members in such incidents and said that they are not involved, rather they try to stop them.