Rajasthan: PM Modi's silence on lynchings leaves Alwar crowd unimpressed

From dozens of impressive entrance gates to a trivial single entrance, the difference between Modi's 2013 rally and the one now was clearly visible

Commencing his campaign for the 2018 assembly polls in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally on Sunday in Alwar – a Muslim-dominated district which has made headlines for the numerous instances of mob lynchings by cow vigilantes under the Vasundhara Raje government.

In the 2013 state assembly polls too, Modi had begun his campaign from Alwar, targeting the then Ashok Gehlot government over cases related to communal violence. However this time, he kept mum over the lynchings and focused on his caste being insulted by the Congress leaders, with a few Kabir dohas on equality thrown in for