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- Published: May 28, 2022 12:40
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Nupur Sharma is getting rape, death & beheading threats, a day after airing her views on a TV debate.
The BJP leader is getting multiple threats on her Twitter with many calling for her beheading as they allege that she defamed & demeaned the Prophet Muhammad.
This apparently began after ‘fact-checker’ and co-founder of Alt News Mohammad Zubair posted a video of the TV debate and peddled a fake narrative against her.
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 pic.twitter.com/lrUlkHEJp5— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) May 27, 2022
Nupur claimed that the video was edited and it was peddled by the fact checker to incite communal passions & vitiate the atmosphere by building a fake narrative.
In her complaint to police, BJP spokesperson said that a targeted hatred was being spread against her & her family. Nupur also shared a couple of tweets in which open threats have been made against her.
:@DelhiPolice @CPDelhi I am getting continuous death and beheading threats against my family and myself which are egged on by @zoo_bear because of his attempts to incite communal passions and vitiate the atmosphere by building a fake narrative.
Attaching a few pics. Please note. pic.twitter.com/QmgA2uRCrS
— Nupur Sharma (@NupurSharmaBJP) May 27, 2022
Delhi Police has taken note of the incident and said that officials will soon take over probe into the matter.
How controversy erupted
The tempers flared up when the TV debate was on over Gyanvapi mosque controversy and the Popular Front of India (PFI)’s Taslim Rehmani was reportedly casting aspersions on the Hindu belief & faith. Nupur Sharma took strong objection to his derogatory remarks and tried to show him the mirror by putting facts & views about Muslim practices & Prophet Muhammad.
Taking this video out context, Zubair declared Nupur a rabid communal hatemonger.
Islamic preacher Zakir Naik said this too
After the video went viral, Twitter turned into a battlefield as many netizens took strong objection to beheading threats to Nupur Sharma.
A couple of them also shared an old video of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik who said the same thing about Prophet Muhammad.
“If Nupur said the same thing what Zakir says on record, why the selective outrage and life threats to her,” many asked.
Nupur Sharma said exactly what your leader Zakir Nail said. If its hate mongering then call out your leader 1st. And if he is right, time for ghar wapsi. https://t.co/e1MRA3ky4B pic.twitter.com/a1uN5tnfOF
— Facts (@BefittingFacts) May 27, 2022