NEW DELHI: With poll-bound Rajasthan witnessing yet another incident of mob lynching, key contender Congress attacked the Vasundhara Raje government over the total breakdown of law and order.

Congress leader and former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot said the incident “dented the credibility” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , who had condemned such incidents as symbolising the failure of law and order. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi about the latest incident in which a 28-year-old Muslim man was lynched on suspicion of being a cow smuggler, Gehlot said, “There was only one thing that is possible because of which this happened; either the PM has lost credibility, or the loose statements and actions of the BJP members and ministers encourage the people who carry out such acts.” Gehlot said.

Congress also attacked CM Vasundhara Raje and said that while the chief minister had said there would be stringent action against the perpetrators of the “heinous crime” nothing had been done so far. “How come these incidents did not occur earlier, and that they only take place in BJP-ruled states? The entire country is worried and the effect of this will reflect itself when the country votes next,”Gehlot said.

