Cow vigilantism: Words mean nothing when actions outdo them, says Rahul Gandhi on PM Modi's remarks

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday evening criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech over cow vigilantes, saying that the statement was ‘too little too late’.

Taking to Twitter, Gandhi wrote, “Too little too late. Words mean nothing when actions outdo them.”

Too little too late. Words mean nothing when actions out do them pic.twitter.com/TQHagHAc4C

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) June 29, 2017

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister in a tough message against mob lynching and killing in the name of the cow said such actions were not not acceptable and warned that no one has the right to take law into his hands.

Addressing a public meeting to mark the centenary of the Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati ashram here, Modi said indulging in violence in the name of "gau bhakti" goes fully against the ideals of the Father of the Nation. Voicing his concern on the spate of incidents of lynching and violence over cows' protection, the prime minister said nothing would will be achieved from such acts. "Today, I want to express my sadness and my pain, when I am here at the Sabarmati ashram," he said. "This is a country which has the tradition of giving food to ants, street dogs, fish, the country where Mahatma Gandhi taught us lessons of non-violence. What has happened to us?" Modi asked.

"If a patient dies due to an unsuccessful operation, relatives burn down hospitals and beat up doctors. Accident is an accident. When people die or are injured in the accidents, a group of people come together and burn vehicles," he said, pointing out the prevalent trend among the people of taking law into their hands, and the mob violence. "Nobody would have practised cow protection and cow worship more than Mahatma Gandhi and (his follower) Vinoba Bhave. They showed us the way how to protect cow. The country will have to adopt their way," the prime minister said.