Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in New Delhi, BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari accused the opposition of indulging in appeasement politics instead of standing united on what he described as a humanitarian issue.

“Senior leaders of the Congress party, like Digvijaya Singh, go so far as to justify the lynching of a Hindu by calling it an ‘action-reaction’.

At a time when the entire opposition should stand united with the government, because this is not a political issue but a matter of humanity, appeasement politics takes priority,” Bhandari said.