BJP leader Nupur Sharma

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 party on Sunday suspended Nupur Sharma, and expelled Naveen Kumar for communal comments.

strong action has already been taken against those who made the derogatory remarks.” Thus, terming the spokespersons of the BJP as “fringe elements”. The channel Times Now had earlier released a statement distancing itself from what was said by Ms. Sharma on the debate. Bahrain has also welcomed the government’s decision to suspend its spokesperson over the “insulting” comments. Even as the BJP suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled another leader Naveen Kumar over their communal comments, the global outrage over the controversy has not died down. Meanwhile, India on June 6 slammed Pakistan for criticising it. The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has condemned comments by the spokesperson of the government and has urged the “Indian government not to allow such fanatics to insult the holy religion of Islam and provoke the feelings of Muslims.”

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.

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.