Sharma  derogatory remarks spread anger across India, Muslims demands to arrest her

By The South Asia Times report

NEW DELHI: Indian ruling Hindu nationalist party BJP spokesperson  Nupur Sharma insults to Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) in a live TV show, spreading anger among millions of Muslims in India.

According to a local media outlet, ground report, Sharma made derogatory comments during a live talk show on the Times Now TV channel when she used abusive words against the Holy Prophet of Muslim and the Holy Book Quran.

Following her comments, anger spread among Muslims across India and people demanded to immediately arrest Sharma. 

“Prime Time debates in India have become a platform to encourage hate mongers to speak ill about other religions. @TimesNow's Anchor @navikakumar is encouraging a rabid communal hatemonger & a BJP Spokesperson to speak rubbish which can incite riots. Shame on you @vineetjaintimes," Muhammed Zubir co-founder of Alt News wrote on Twitter

He added that the controversial Indian TV anchor Navika Kumar, she is also Group Editor of the Times Network, doing shows on controversial court verdicts on historical centuries-old Gyanvapi Mosque in Uttar Pradesh.

“This  has been doing multiple shows from a week claiming 'It's a Shivling'. But when someone says it's a fountain, her sentiments are hurt. Says, 'If it can't be identified as Shivling, It can't be called as Fountain as well', She can run a hashtag claiming it to be a Shivling,” Zubir said.

On May 17, a local court in Varanasi court ruled to seal the main portion of Gyanvapi Mosque, which had been built by Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1669, after lawyers representing Hindu extremists claimed a Shivling, a relic of Hindu the god Shiva, was found in the mosque’s ablution water tank.

Later the Indian supreme court overturned the lower court verdict to ban Muslims from mass prayer in a historical centuries-old Gyanvapi Mosque in Uttar Pradesh.

In short order, the apex court ordered that Muslim prayers at the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi should not be disturbed, while the area where Hindu religious relics were said to be found should be protected.

BJP and other Hindu nationalist journalists in India criticized the top court verdict to overturn the local court verdict and pushed BJP's anti-Muslim agenda to demolish historical mosques and claim it was built on Hindu temples. 

Following Sharma's derogatory remarks, anger spread among the Muslims in India and demanded to arrest her while BJP leaders and extremist Hindus stood behind Sharma.

“Not a single ‘well-meaning’ leader has expressed outrage over BJP National spokesperson, Nupur Sharma’s insult of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) on national television that was clearly aimed at creating communal unrest, provoke and hurt the sentiments of Muslims in India,” Indian prominent journalist Rana Ayyub tweeted. 

“As somebody who grew up witnessing two of the worst anti-muslim pogroms in India, I think as a journalist and as a muslim, I have NEVER witnessed this level of brazen, televised hate. This lady is the national spokesperson of Narendra Modi’s BJP,” Rana added.

BJP another spokesman Gaurav Bhatia warned Muslims that they would send them behind the bar if they reacted against Sharma derogatory remarks. 

“Such radicals have to be tamed and they should realise the power of law. Dare you even think about intimidating her, otherwise we will make sure you spend your entire life in jail,” Gaurav warned.

Sharma said she getting continuous death and beheading threats after her derogatory comments against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

Meanwhile, after exposing Sharma, the BJP leaders started to attack Zubair on social media and giving him life threats.  

“Coordinated attack against me by several BJP members, News Anchors, Journalists, IT cell & RW Influencial accounts coz I highlighted how @TimesNow News Anchor @navikakumar allowed BJP spokesperson to make derogatory remarks. Since when has reporting hate speech become a crime?,” he said.

The controversial anchor Navika Kumar, who allowed Sharma to make remarks and use abusive language against the Holy Prophet also came in support of BJP spokesperson.

“Nobody has the right to threaten anyone. Death threats to @NupurSharmaBJP an unacceptable. As a mature democracy debate is essential but crossing the line not ok for anyone,” Kumar wrote on Twitter.

The Muslims across India strongly condemned Sharma's remarks as she hurt the sentiments of Muslims across the world. 

Muslims also launched a campaign to arrest Sharma which now trending on Twitter in India.

It's expected that huge protests can start across India as an insult to the holy Prophet is red line for Muslims