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Nupur Sharma unconditionally withdrew the controversial statement made in a TV debate and said it was never her intention to hurt anyone's religious ...

“It was a clear message and a strong warning to the party men and its talking heads that the party does not want any controversy over their remarks that hurt the sentiments of any religious community. According to Rule 10 (a) of the BJP constitution, “acting or carrying on propaganda against any program or decision of the party” amounts to indiscipline. And that the party does not want them to deepen the schism that could become a hurdle to Prime Minister Modi’s vision for development and progress of this country,” said a Union Minister who did not wish to be named. Therefore, your primary membership of the party is cancelled with immediate effect, and you are also suspended from the party,” he said in the letter. “India’s constitution gives the right to every citizen to practice any religion of his/ her choice and to honour and respect every religion. The Bharatiya Janata Party respects all religions,” the brief statement said.

Like a wayward pupil compelled to write lines as punishment, the BJP on Sunday betrayed a familiarity with the rights the Constitution guarantees all ...

Sunday’s statement by the BJP said: “During the thousands of years of the history of India every religion has blossomed and flourished. The Prime Minister had himself profiled these protesters by saying they could be “identified by their clothes”. He had not reacted when BJP poll campaigners abused anti-CAA protesters two years ago and advocated they be shot. The rapid response to the outrage abroad stood out against the initial attempt to ignore the comments made by Sharma on May 27 that triggered protests within the country. The nature and speed of the action after a backlash in West Asia was uncharacteristic of a dispensation whose leadership tends to ignore not just Muslim-bashing but even calls for genocide against the community. Clashes had broken out in some parts of India on Friday.

The BJP on Sunday suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after their alleged controversial remarks on ...

(sic),” read a tweet by the foreign ministry. “I am now an ordinary member and supporter of BJP. Still. So I have nothing to fear or expect from the BJP. I support BJP because it is the closest to my thinking on questions of ideology, religion, politics and leadership. That said, I am saddened by the treatment of Nupur Sharma,” he wrote on Twitter.

The State of Kuwait summoned the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait on June 5 to express absolute contempt and lodge an official letter of complaint against Nupur ...

The Ambassador conveyed that the tweets do not, in any manner, reflect the views of the Government of India. These are the views of fringe elements." The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s decision to suspend Nupur Sharma for her statement was applauded by the Kuwait government. The ministry, on the other hand, wanted a public apology from Sharma for her comments.

Summoned by the governments of three Islamic nations today over a couple of BJP leaders' remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Indian Ambassadors dismissed them as ...

Strong action has already been taken against those who made the derogatory remarks". Strong action has already been taken against those who made derogatory remarks," the embassy spokesperson quoted Mr Mittal as saying. A second leader, Naveen Jindal, posted a tweet about the Prophet, which he later deleted amid escalating outrage.

India News: This came after the party issued a statement in which it distanced itself from the controversial remarks made by Sharma during a TV news debate.

The police said that six mobiles recovered from the accused are being scanned. All accused in the matter have been sent to a 14-day judicial remand. The party further clarified that it "does not promote such people or philosophy." "I asked a question from people who are spreading hatred, but that doesn't mean that I want to hurt anyone's religious sentiments. Strong action has already been taken against those who made derogatory remarks".Kanpur unrest The remarks reportedly incited violence in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur.I withdraw my statement: Nupur Sharma

The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its condemnation and denunciation of the statements made by the spokeswoman of the #IndianBharatiya Janata Party ( #BJP), insulting the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. — Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN)— Foreign Ministry 🇸🇦 (@KSAmofaEN) #Statement Saudi Arabia on Monday joined Qatar, Iran and Kuwait to express its condemnation of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed and called for "respect for beliefs and religions."

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Sunday it had suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she made during a TV debate ...

"Pakistan once again calls on the international community to take immediate cognizance of the grievously aggravating situation of Islamophobia in India," it said. The BJP said in a statement on its website that the party respected all religions. The BJP does not promote such people or philosophy."

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran have registered protests over the remark by BJP leader Nupur Sharma.

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BJP on Sunday suspended spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal for denigrating Prophet Mohammed on TV news debates.

Following the unexpected turn of events, Nupur said she reacted after Lord Shiva was “insulted and disrespected continuously” on TV debates. In a sign of the growing Arab anger, Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned Indian ambassadors to lodge a protest. The BJP does not promote such people or philosophy,” the communiqué, issued by national general secretary Arun Singh, read.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran have registered protests over the remark by BJP leader Nupur Sharma.

Critics say that religious polarisation has increased in India since the BJP came to power. TV channels have held provocative debates and social media has seen rampant hate over the issue. There have also been reports of some stores in Qatar and Kuwait removing Indian products from their shelves. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been a regular visitor to the region since coming to power in 2014. Another bright spot is the handling of the Ukraine crisis," former Indian diplomat Jitendra Nath Misra said. Not doing so, they say, runs the risk of damaging India's ties with the Arab world and Iran. Hate speech and attacks against Muslims have risen sharply since the BJP came to power in 2014. Millions of Indians live and work in these countries and send millions of dollars in remittances back home. Senior BJP leaders and other diplomats have also condemned the controversial statement. "The BJP strongly denounces insults of any religious personalities of any religion. The BJP is also against any ideology which insults or demeans any sect or religion. The comments - especially Ms Sharma's - angered the country's minority Muslim community, leading to sporadic protests in some states.

New Delhi: As Bharatiya Janata Party suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal on Sunday after ...

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah)June 5, 2022 Nauzubillah. Now he says his remarks “weren’t aimed at hurting religious sentiments of any community”. What did he think the remarks would do? — Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah)June 5, 2022 Object lesson: Those who express bigotry at home should be aware of the consequences abroad. This fire should be doused immediately,” former Union minister Shashi Tharoor said in a tweet in Hindi. Several other commentators highlighted the problem of labelling Nupur Sharma as ‘fringe’ especially when she is followed by no less than the prime minister and a host of senior BJP leaders. In a press release, a spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Qatar said the Indian ambassador had a meeting at the Foreign Office, in which concerns were raised on the BJP leaders’ remarks. “Is the BJP sincere in course correcting? Now, the country is paying the price for their retrograde statements on Islam. Shame on them,” the Left leader said in a tweet. Rather than addressing their concerns, Modi et al were more afraid of a foreign backlash. “Twenty crore Indian Muslims’ religious beliefs were insulted. FRINGE is MAINSTREAM. Backed by none less than@AmitShah. Is this why cops still haven’t arrested anyone?

The BJP suspended its national party spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi wing media head Naveen Jindal over their controversial remarks about ...

Kuwait, Iran, and Qatar were among the many nations that condemned the controversial comments and summoned Indian ambassadors to demand an apology. The BJP then issued a public statement and distanced itself from the members' remarks. Nupur then tagged the Delhi police in a tweet and accused Zubair of spreading a "fake narrative". Nupur said that she and her family had begun receiving threats. The international response was swift. This happened during a time when President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were scheduled to visit the president's native village. Let us take a brief look at the controversy and how it erupted.

Nupur Sharma was suspended by the Bharatiya Janata Party for her controversial remarks against the Prophet Mohammad.

The BJP took action against Ms Sharma after violence erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur over her remarks. Ms Sharma has been involved in politics from her college days. According to her LinkedIn profile, Ms Sharma is an advocate by profession and a prominent BJP leader.

The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged ...

The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the row over their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammed escalated with protests from some West Asian countries. The Delhi Police has registered an FIR over complaints that former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was receiving threats for her controversial remarks against Prophet Mohammed, officials said on Monday. According to officials, the FIR has been registered under IPC Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence), 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) against unknown people.

Earlier on Sunday, the Gulf nations had summoned Indian Ambassadors and expressed their strong protest against the controversial remarks made by BJP ...

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Hindus need to wake up and realise that they are not in a battle of narratives for the benefit of a political party, but in a fight for their lives, for their existence, for their survival. While we have shifted the Overton Window to a level previously thought impossible, in the real world, one still hears deracinated and uninformed Hindus saying that Nupur Sharma should not have “unnecessarily insulted their Prophet”. I wish they understood that they will take a mile if you cede an inch. The last thing she needed was for the institutional support to be taken away from her and for her to be declared guilty by the very party that was supposed to protect her. Those who would like to defend the BJP may say that the party ‘had to act’ given the statements from Gulf countries and that they have not “officially removed her” but “suspended her pending inquiry”, but there mere fact that an inquiry has been ordered and she has been suspended for the duration of that inquiry declares her guilty. That it COULD HAVE been an insult to Islam and that if it was, she does not get support from the party. They massacred Hindus within our borders and while we can safely blame our leaders from then, like MK Gandhi, for allowing Hindus to die, it was still a battle that India was fighting at home. They threw her to the wolves, to fend for herself and emboldened the barbarians multifold, not just against her, but all of us. Essentially, the BJP, with one swift move, has declared all commentary against Islam or even the mere quoting from the Quran and Hadit as a blasphemous act, much like the Islamists, that is not to be condoned. One recalls the incident in Bangladesh where Hindus were one Iqbal Hussain had placed a Quran in a Durga Puja pandal and it led to widespread violence against Hindus and their places of worship. She had also said that she would be happy to take her comments back if any established Islamic scholar would come forward to correct her – “If I am factually wrong, I will be happy to take my statements back” she had told me. But then during the interview, Nupur Sharma told me that she was in constant touch with the HMO, PMO and even Mr Devendra Fadnavis had called to tell her that they were standing firmly behind her. For the Islamists who were baying for her blood, the message was simple – BJP does not endorse the criticism of Islam – nay – even reading of the Hadits – because it may offend the intolerant minority.

There are murmurs of discontent in the Delhi BJP unit over the suspension and expulsion of party spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal ...

“But such acts can erode a section of our support base that is also most loyal to us,” he said. The BJP suspended Sharma, one of its national spokespersons, from the party’s primary membership for her remarks in a television debate. in the name of religion.

She first shot into the limelight as a student leader with RSS-affiliated ABV when she was elected the president of the Delhi University Students Union in 2008.

Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. The BJP suspended her under rule 10 (a) of its constitution which states that the national president if he so desires, may suspend any member and then start disciplinary proceedings against him. Recently, she also addressed the training camp of BJP's women wing on media and communication.

Mumbai Police will summon BJP leader Nupur Sharm, to record her statement in connection with the FIR registered against her for allegedly making derogatory ...

"We will not allow illegal dance bars to function in the city. Addressing a press conference at the Mumbai Police headquarters, Mr Pandey said, "An FIR was already registered against Nupur Sharma in Pydhonie police station. Mumbai Police will summon Nupur Sharma, a former national spokesperson of BJP, to record her statement in connection with the FIR registered against her for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad, city police commissioner Sanjay Pandey said on Monday.

India News: NEW DELHI: Nupur Sharma is in the eye of a global and national political storm over her derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad.

During her tenure, she led a group of ABVP members who heckled SAR Geelani in a faculty seminar on 'Communalism, Fascism and Democracy: Rhetoric and Reality'. In a bid to soothe religious sentiments, the BJP on June 5 suspended Sharma and also expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal In 2020, the BJP appointed her as a national spokesperson.

Nupur Sharma was suspended from the BJP's primary membership after the controversy over her alleged remarks on the Prophet Mohammed and Islam during a TV ...

In India, the opposition has gone all out in its attack on the ruling BJP, accusing it of defaming India at the international level. It was never my intention to hurt anyone's religious feelings." BJP's Delhi media head Naveen Jindal was expelled as the party said his views on social media vitiated communal harmony.

Sharma, who lost to Arvind Kejriwal in 2015 Delhi assembly polls and was made BJP national spokesperson in 2020, is a popular figure on TV debates & known ...

Sharma’s stint in television debates began when she was invited to a Times Now show after the Geelani episode in 2008. Later, Sharma defended the ABVP and said that Geelani, “a terrorist”, should not have been invited. She was appointed a national spokesperson of the BJP in 2020 when party president J.P. Nadda revamped the spokespersons team and appointed new faces from diverse backgrounds. “She won the DUSU president’s position at a time when ABVP was not in the mainstream. “She was different from other student leaders from that time — [she was] articulate and outspoken,” an ABVP leader told ThePrint on condition of anonymity. During her college days, Sharma contested the election for Delhi University Student Union president on an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) ticket.

Nupur Sharma had sought security citing harassment and threats she had been receiving following which the Delhi Police registered a case against ...

I immediately switched on the TV and saw the same.” The court also refused to grant the accused leniency, declaring out that such a man who abused minor girls one after another did not deserve the same. Goyal also said that at no point was KK mobbed, with a police arrangement under an assistant commissioner in place long begore the singer's arrival at Nazrul Mancha. Based on this complaint, an FIR was registered under IPC sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 507 (Criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) and 509 (Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) against unknown people. "Notices have been sent to Twitter Inc. and a reply from it is awaited. Sharma's alleged derogatory remarks on the Prophet during a debate on national television have triggered a massive diplomatic row with a number of Muslim nations, including Iran, Saudi Arabia and UAE, messaging India to raise the issue.

Delhi leader Kapil Mishra — accused of delivering hate speeches in the run-up to the February 2020 riots — expresses his displeasure in public.

This is the suspension of BJP. People want real action,” BSP parliamentarian Danish Ali tweeted. “I have received calls from many party workers saying what has happened with Nupur and Navin is wrong. Hinduism is the only religion mocking or abusing which brings not punishment but reward.” “Once again, #UrbanNaxals won,” he tweeted. With the same ecosystem now turning against the BJP, a party leader suggested that “the genie is out of the bottle”. Those castigating the party for “throwing to the wolves” a “young Hindu leader” included prominent BJP supporters, while indirect criticism came even from party motormouth Kapil Sharma and the director of The Kashmir Files.

Sources said Sharma had called the police several times alleging that she and her family were being harassed over her controversial remarks on Prophet ...

On May 27, Nupur Sharma filed a complaint with the Cyber Cell unit of the Delhi Police alleging she was receiving death threats and there was “targeted hatred” towards her, the police said. During the investigation, Sharma filed another complaint alleging that a group of people was promoting enmity/hatred on social media over the incident. Sources said Sharma had called the police on several occasions in the last week alleging that she and her family were being harassed over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad during a television debate last month.

The country is facing major diplomatic outrage from several Middle East nations after BJP spokespersons — Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal — recently made ...

Geert Wilders, known for his vocal stand against Islamic ideology in The Netherlands, has stated that what Nupur Sharma stated about Prophet Muhammad is the ...

Stand up for freedom and be proud and steadfast in defending your politician Nupur Sharma who spoke the truth about Prophet Muhammad.” Wilders, the 58-year-old Dutch MP is the chairman of the Party for Freedom in The Netherlands parliament. Geert Wilders has long been vocal against Islamic fundamentalism and radicalism in his country. It is notable here that Nupur Sharma’s statement about Prophet Muhammad’s life was deemed as ‘blasphemy’ and an insult to the Prophet by several Islamic leaders after Alt News’ Mohammad Zubair dog whistled against it. “It is ridiculous that Arab and Islamic countries are angered by Indian politicianNupur Sharma’s statement for speaking the truth about Prophet Muhammad who indeed married Aisha when she was six years old and consumed the marriage when she was nine. Why does India apologize?”Nupur Sharma’s statement for speaking the truth about Prophet Muhammad who indeed married Aisha when she was six years old and consumed the marriage when she was nine.

India News: NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has provided security to suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and her family after an FIR was registered on a ...

"Notices have been sent to Twitter Inc. and a reply from it is awaited. and her family after an FIR was registered on a complaint that she was getting death threats over her controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, officials said on Tuesday. She had requested the police to provide security citing harassment and threats she had been receiving. "Sharma and her family have been provided police security after she alleged that she has been receiving threats and was being harassed over her remarks," an official said.