Case filed against Nupur Sharma in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress made this demand

An advocate has filed a complaint in a Jammu and Kashmir court seeking punitive action against suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and others for their recent “blasphemous” remarks against Prophet Mohammad. In his complaint, the lawyer has also named Naveen Kumar Jindal, who was the head of the media cell of the expelled BJP’s Delhi unit, editor of a private news channel and others in his complaint.

Accused of promoting enmity

In the complaint filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, advocate Mohammad Ashraf Bhat sought action against the accused for committing crimes including “criminal conspiracy” and “promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion”.

The complaint was later handed over to the city magistrate on Saturday. The complainant sought directions to initiate proceedings against the accused for offenses under various sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to spreading communal hatred.

Alleged ‘inflammatory and derogatory’ remarks

The complainant said that while Nupur Sharma made ‘inflammatory and derogatory’ remarks about the Prophet, Jindal supported it by posting a tweet from his official Twitter handle, which deliberately made ‘similar blasphemous remarks against the Prophet’.

Congress demands PM to break silence

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the time has come for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the “hate speeches and incidents of Islamophobia” in the country, amid outrage over alleged controversial remarks made by two former BJP functionaries about Prophet Mohammad. Break your silence on ‘growing up’.

Tharoor said that some people are seeing Modi’s silence as an endorsement of what is happening. In an interview to news agency ‘PTI-Bhasha’, Tharoor said the irony is that the “impressive steps” taken by the Indian government in recent years to strengthen ties with Islamic countries have been “weak”. Danger has arisen.

The former Union Minister also talked about the ongoing debate on the need for blasphemy laws in the country and said that he does not like such laws as the history of these laws in other countries is full of cases of its misuse.

Tharoor said the blasphemy law encourages those who take the law into their own hands to indulge in fabricated litigation and mislead people. I think our current hate speech law and Section 295A are enough to deal with such abuse.

Tharoor’s advice to police and officials

He said that the police and local authorities should take action against the violators of the law without any fear or favour. Responding to the anger of many Muslim-majority countries over the remarks about Prophet Muhammad and appealing for Prime Minister Modi’s intervention in the matter, Tharoor said, “I believe the time has come for the Prime Minister to stop using hate speech and hate speech in our country.” Break your silence on the escalation of Islamophobia, because some people are seeing their silence as an endorsement of what is happening.

“I am sure he (Modi) understands that such divisive rhetoric is undermining his own vision for India’s development and prosperity,” he said.

‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’

Tharoor stressed that social unity and national harmony are essential for the progress and development of any nation. “Therefore, in the name of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas’, he should publicly give a call to stop such behavior,” he said.

Asked about the impact of the controversy on diplomacy and foreign policy, Tharoor said the irony is that the Indian government in recent years has taken impressive steps to strengthen ties with Islamic countries, especially the Gulf countries. There is a danger of him becoming ‘severely vulnerable’.

The former Minister of State for External Affairs said that the media of these countries were full of stories about the growing ‘trouble’ of Muslims in India. Regarding the protests, Tharoor said that Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code clearly states that it is an offense to hurt the religious sentiments of any section of the citizens of India. In such cases, prosecution should be done.

He said, ‘I am happy to see that action is being taken, belatedly, against those who have put such toxic elements in our national discourse.’ Asked whether the Congress has been accused of promoting “soft Hindutva” in the past and whether the party needs to take an aggressive stand on minority issues like comments about the Prophet, Tharoor said he believes That Congress has categorically condemned this recent incident.