New Delhi –
Nupur Sharmaformer spokesperson Partai Bharatiya Janata (BJP) in power in Indiabecame a global discussion after his remarks were considered insulting the Prophet Muhammad SAW. In addition to retracting his statement, Sharma briefly argued about his controversial comments.
As reported Hindustan TimesThursday (9/6/2022), Sharma in a statement via Twitter on June 5 last admitted that his controversial comments were made in anger when they were involved in a debate.
It is known, Sharma’s controversial comments were made while attending a debate on local television discussing the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi.
“I have been involved in a debate on television for the past few days, wherein my Lord Shiva ‘Aaradhya’ was insulted. It was said in front of me that it is not a Shivling but a fountain which can be found on every walkway in Delhi and people should come to it and worship him,” Sharma wrote in a Hindi-language statement via Twitter on June 5.
“I cannot tolerate repeated insults being made against Lord Shiva and I say some things with anger. I retract my words if they have hurt anyone’s religious sentiments,” he stressed.
Sharma’s explanation refers to the context of a Hindu claim that Shivling was found inside the Gyanvapi compound during a court-ordered survey last month. Shivling is the name for a statue or statue of Lord Shiva.
Known, report BBC said that Sharma’s controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad, which were never disclosed in detail, were made in the debate over the Gyanvapi Mosque case.
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