Islamabad: Pakistan said on Monday that it has summoned the Indian charg d’affaires to convey its categorical rejection and condemnation of the controversial remarks by two BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammed (SAW). The Indian diplomat was told that these remarks are totally unacceptable and have not only deeply hurt the sentiments of the people of […]
New Delhi: Amid growing criticism by the Islamic countries over controversial remarks made by now-suspended and expelled BJP leaders against Prophet Mohammad, India on Monday slammed the comments by OIC as “narrow-minded” and “motivated, misleading and mischievous”. New Delhi also hit back at Pakistan after its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reacted sharply on Twitter to […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet (PBUH), as it sought to defuse a row over the issue. Amid protests by Muslim groups over the remarks, the party also issued a statement aimed at […]
Doha: Qatar and Kuwait on Sunday summoned India’s Ambassadors and handed over to them protest notes on what the Gulf countries called categorical “rejection and condemnation” of the controversial remarks of a BJP leader against Prophet Mohammed. Seeking to defuse a diplomatic row, a spokesperson of the Indian Embassy in Qatar said that the “Ambassador […]
New Delhi: Naveen Kumar Jindal, who was on Sunday expelled from the BJP, said his remarks were not aimed at hurting the religious sentiments of any community and claimed he was receiving death threats. Jindal said he was receiving death threats on social media and urged everyone, including the media, not to disclose his address. […]
Srinagar: NC vice-president Omar Abdullah on Sunday said the BJP “suddenly waking up” to denounce the insult of any religious personality has nothing to do with having “offended” the sentiments of Muslims in the country but is aimed at an international audience. The National Conference leader’s remarks came after the BJP, seeking to defuse a […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday said the BJP’s action against its two spokespersons over their remarks against Prophet Muhammad came under duress following “threats from external powers” and exposed its “muscular posturing”. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala accused the BJP of pushing India into a dark age of religious polarisation to […]