On Twitter, even critics hail PM Modi's message to cow vigilantes

Critics and supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi united on Twitter on Thursday after the PM condemned the violence and lynching in the name of ‘Gau Bhakti’.

PM Modi had faced a lot of criticism his silence following a spate of lynching incidents across the country, but finally spoke up against the killings at an event at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad.

That you invoke Gandhi sir to oppose this savage culture of lynching . Today you speak like a PM ought to speak and credit where it is due https://t.co/wQyBnmDiNd

— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) June 29, 2017

Well said sir. Here's hoping the people carrying out these despicable acts take your words to heart & act accordingly. https://t.co/BA6C8tORE1

— Omar Abdullah (@abdullah_omar) June 29, 2017

Tho belated @PMOIndia's tweets clear warning to cow vigilantes etc, and their apologists with no place to hide. Now for action on the ground pic.twitter.com/6O0Su6VbWA

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) June 29, 2017

About time that @PMOIndia spoke for the silent majority &condemned cow vigilantism: https://t.co/xcw7BP2jXo Time to match his words w/action https://t.co/bPgvo3BTdk

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 29, 2017

Being an ardent PM modi supporter I must say today's speech on Cow Vigilante was a step towards statesmanship and PM of this great nation.

— (@indiantweeter) June 29, 2017

Like PM Modi ji pointed out - these r criminals, just wearing a mask of "hindu religion & cow protection" Our Hindu RW needs to condemn more https://t.co/yMyn42xdVh

— Rahul Easwar (@RahulEaswar) June 23, 2017

Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that killing people in name of Gau Bhakti was not acceptable.

Speaking at the centenary celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram, Modi said, "Killing people in the name of Gau Bhakti is not acceptable. This is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve of."

"We are the land of non violence. We are the land of Mahatma Gandhi. Why do we forget this?," said PM Modi.

"Let's all work together. Let's create the India of Mahatma Gandhi's dreams. Let's create an India our freedom fighters would be proud of," the prime minister said.

"No person in this nation has the right to take the law in his or her own hands," he said.