- Friday, April 19, 2024
By: Reuters
POLICE in New Delhi said on Thursday (9) they have filed a complaint against a suspended spokeswoman for India‘s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “inciting people on divisive lines” on social media, days after her remarks on Prophet Mohammed led to a diplomatic backlash.
Many Muslim-majority countries have condemned India after Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP, commented on the prophet‘s private life during a recent heated television debate that Muslims found insulting.
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Calls have grown for a boycott of Indian products in Gulf countries, while the BJP has suspended Sharma and asked its spokespeople to speak more responsibly in public.
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Delhi Police said they had registered two preliminary complaints – known as first information reports – on the basis “of social media analysis against those trying to disrupt public tranquillity & inciting people on divisive lines”.
“One pertains to Ms Nupur Sharma & the other against multiple social media entities,” the department said on Twitter, without specifying what posts triggered the complaint and what were the entities.
