Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over growing incidents of lynching in the country. <br /> <br />The word "lynching" was practically unheard of before 2014, he said, suggesting that such incidents have been on the rise after the current government came to power. <br /> <br />"Before 2014, the word 'lynching' was practically unheard of," Gandhi said in a one-line tweet with #ThankYouModiJi.