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      <title>Suspended BJP spokeswoman in more trouble after anti-Islam remarks</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;NEW DELHI: Police in New Delhi said on Thursday they have filed a complaint against a suspended spokeswoman for India’s ruling party for “inciting people on divisive lines” on social media, days after her remarks on Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) led to a diplomatic backlash.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many Muslim-majority countries have condemned India after Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), commented on his private life during a recent heated TV debate that Muslims found insulting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;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 tranquility &amp;amp; inciting people on divisive lines”.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“One pertains to Ms Nupur Sharma &amp;amp; the other against multiple social media entities,” the department said on Twitter, without specifying what posts triggered the complaint and what were the entities.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Even as notices are being sent to social media intermediaries for details of those behind these accounts/entities, Delhi Police appeals to everyone to desist from posting anything that may disrupt social and communal harmony.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In India, the filing of a complaint is the first process in any police investigation and is typically followed by questioning of the accused.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sharma did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via a Twitter direct message. Reuters could not find a phone number or email address for her. A BJP spokesperson did not answer his phone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Sharma said on Twitter on Sunday her comment on was in response to “continuous insult and disrespect” towards a Hindu god during the TV debate, but that she had withdrawn her statement.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Many Indian TV stations regularly host debates on communal issues where Muslim and Hindu speakers shout at each other.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A religio-political party in Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami, has called for a protest march in Islamabad to the Indian embassy on Thursday against Sharma’s remarks.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p>NEW DELHI: Police in New Delhi said on Thursday they have filed a complaint against a suspended spokeswoman for India’s ruling party for “inciting people on divisive lines” on social media, days after her remarks on Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) led to a diplomatic backlash.</p>
<p>Many Muslim-majority countries have condemned India after Nupur Sharma, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), commented on his private life during a recent heated TV debate that Muslims found insulting.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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 tranquility &amp; inciting people on divisive lines”.</p>
<p>“One pertains to Ms Nupur Sharma &amp; the other against multiple social media entities,” the department said on Twitter, without specifying what posts triggered the complaint and what were the entities.</p>
<p>“Even as notices are being sent to social media intermediaries for details of those behind these accounts/entities, Delhi Police appeals to everyone to desist from posting anything that may disrupt social and communal harmony.”</p>
<p>In India, the filing of a complaint is the first process in any police investigation and is typically followed by questioning of the accused.</p>
<p>Sharma did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent via a Twitter direct message. Reuters could not find a phone number or email address for her. A BJP spokesperson did not answer his phone.</p>
<p>Sharma said on Twitter on Sunday her comment on was in response to “continuous insult and disrespect” towards a Hindu god during the TV debate, but that she had withdrawn her statement.</p>
<p>Many Indian TV stations regularly host debates on communal issues where Muslim and Hindu speakers shout at each other.</p>
<p>A religio-political party in Pakistan, Jamaat-e-Islami, has called for a protest march in Islamabad to the Indian embassy on Thursday against Sharma’s remarks.</p>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 17:21:34 +0500</pubDate>
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