Centre should have brought law against lynching : Mamata

Centre should have brought law against lynching : Mamata Kolkata, Aug 30 ( PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said the state government has brought The West Bengal (Prevention of Lynching) Bill, 2019 as the Centre did not introduce any law against it. Lynching is a social evil and the Supreme Court has given direction to take action against lynching. she told the Assembly.

"Lynching is a social evil and all of us have to come together to fight against it. "The central government should have brought a law against it. But they are yet to do so. So we are bringing this law in our state to fight against this social evil," she said tabling the bill in the House..