Countries that expressed concerns over suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s remarks against Prophet Muhammad appreciated that it wasn’t the government position, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said at the CNN-News18 Town Hall on Saturday. Jaishankar said the remarks did not reflect the views of either the BJP or the government and that the party took clear action on the issue. The party made it very clear and took action. Countries who had concerns do appreciate that this was not the government’s position,” the minister said. Besides suspending Sharma, the BJP had also expelled the party’s Delhi unit media head Naveen Jindal for similar derogatory comments.

Source: CNN June 18, 2022 20:27 UTC