BJP additionally releases an announcement signed by celebration common secretary Arun Singh distancing the celebration from their statements
BJP additionally releases an announcement signed by celebration common secretary Arun Singh distancing the celebration from their statements
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on June 5 suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma from the first membership of the celebration following objectionable and communal statements by them on Prophet Mohammad and Islam.
The Delhi unit of the BJP expelled Naveen Kumar from major membership.
The celebration additionally launched an announcement signed by BJP common secretary Arun Singh distancing itself from these statements, with out naming both Ms. Sharma or Mr. Kumar or contextualising the assertion with their utterances.
This comes after after violence broke out in Kanpur and a flood of protests on social media particularly from Gulf nations.
“During the thousands of years of the history of India every religion has blossomed and flourished. The BJP respects all religions. The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion. The BJP is also strongly against any ideology which insults or demeans any sect or religion. The BJP does not promote such people of philosophy,” stated the assertion.
It then goes on to say that “India’s Constitution gives the right to every citizen to practice any religion of his/her choice and to honour and respect every religion. As India celebrates 75th year of its Independence, we are committed to making India a great country where all are equal and everyone lives with dignity, where all are committed to India’s unity and integrity, where all enjoy the fruits of growth and development.”
In the suspension letter served on Ms. Sharma, the celebration stated that she had “expressed views contrary to the party’s position on various matters which is in clear violation of Rule 10 (a) of the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party”.
According to sources within the celebration, the controversy over the statements was changing into larger by the day, frightening violence in Kanpur on June 3, and with rising protests within the Gulf nations as nicely. This might be one of many first cases of BJP spokespersons being suspended from the first membership of the celebration, clearly demonstrating that protests got here from severe quarters.
Hashtags calling for the boycott of Indian items in Gulf nations trended on Twitter and extra critically, the Grand Mufti of Oman tweeted from his official account, denouncing the assertion.
Source: www.thehindu.com
