Raebareli lynching is a crime against the Constitution, Dalits, and humanity: Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi in joint statement

Condemning the sidesplitting of a Dalit antheral successful Raebareli, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of the Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi connected Tuesday (October 7, 2025) issued a associated connection which said the Raebareli lynching was a transgression against the Indian Constitution and Dalits, and a blot connected the federation and society.

In their associated statement, Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi alleged that mob lynching, “bulldozer injustice”, and mobocracy had go a “horrifying hallmark of our times”.

A 40-year-old Dalit antheral identified arsenic Hariom was allegedly lynched by villagers who mistook him for a thief during a nighttime vigil amid rumours that a pack was utilizing drones to people houses for robberies. A purported video of the incidental went viral connected Sunday night. Some locals told reporters that the incidental had taken spot connected the nighttime of October 1.

Mr. Gandhi, who represents Raebareli successful the Lok Sabha, said the brutal execution of Hariom was not conscionable the execution of 1 idiosyncratic but the execution of humanity, the Constitution, and justice.

“Today successful India, Dalits, tribals, Muslims, backward classes, and the mediocre — everyone whose dependable is weak, whose stock is being snatched away, and whose beingness is considered inexpensive — is being targeted. Hate, violence, and mobocracy person the patronage of powerfulness successful this state — wherever bulldozers person replaced the Constitution, and fearfulness has replaced justice,” the Congress person said successful a station connected societal media level X.

“They volition surely get justice,” Mr. Gandhi said, expressing solidarity with Hariom’s family. “India’s aboriginal rests connected equality and humanity, and this state volition beryllium governed by the Constitution, not the whims of the mob,” helium said.

Sharing the associated connection connected his X handle, Mr. Kharge said the Congress enactment powerfully condemned the brutal and cruel execution of the Dalit youth, Hariom Valmiki, successful Raebareli.

“What happened successful Raebareli is simply a sedate offence against the Constitution of this country. It is simply a transgression against the Dalit assemblage and a stain connected this state and society. The fig of crimes against Dalits, minorities, and the mediocre successful the state has accrued beyond limits. This unit is astir prevalent against those who are deprived, Bahujan, and those who person neither capable information nor representation,” the connection read.

Whether it was the crimes against women successful Hathras and Unnao, the institutionalised execution of Rohit Vemula, the inhuman incidental of a person urinating connected a tribal younker successful Madhya Pradesh, the brutal beating of Dalits successful Odisha and Madhya Pradesh, oregon the murders of Pehlu Khan successful Haryana and Akhlaq successful Uttar Pradesh, oregon much recently, the sidesplitting of Hariom, each incidental reflects the increasing insensitivity of our society, administration, and the ruling powers, the connection said.

“Violence cannot beryllium a hallmark of immoderate civilised society. Therefore, what happened to Hariom poses a superior question people connected our corporate morality,” Mr. Kharge and Mr. Gandhi said, adding that, “Since 2014, trends similar mob lynching, bulldozer injustice, and mobocracy person go a horrifying hallmark of our times.”

“The Congress enactment is committed to the empowerment of the marginalised and susceptible sections of society. We telephone upon citizens to unite against this injustice. This combat indispensable proceed until the rights and dignity of beingness of each Indian are afloat protected,” the connection said.