In his reply to the issue of violence against Dalits in the name of cow vigilantism, Home Minister Rajnath Singh told the Lok Sabha on Monday that “some anti-social elements are indulging in nefarious activities in the name of cow protection.”
Even as he condemned the flogging of the dalit men in Una, he vehemently denied that there was a spike in crimes against dalits under the current ruling party.
Armed with statistics in hand, Singh said in Parliament: