#BeyondTheHeadlines: Modi’s Indifference Has Turned Lynching Into An Epidemic

Uttar Pradesh Combatting of Mob Lynching Bill, 2019, help bring the victims of these crimes to justice?

Against the backdrop of political apathy in dealing with lynchings in India, Justice Mittal’s draft law – Uttar Pradesh Combatting of Mob Lynching Bill, 2019 –is enormously significant, explains Siddharth Varadarajan.

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Author: Siddharth Varadarajan

Siddharth Varadarajan is a Founding Editor of The Wire. He was earlier the Editor of The Hindu and is a recipient of the Shorenstein Journalism Award and the Ramnath Goenka Award for Journalist of the Year. He taught Economics at New York University and Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, besides working at the Times of India.