{"id":51591,"date":"2022-06-14T10:57:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/nupurs-remarks-bjps-strategy-to-divert-attention-from-kps-suffering-mehbooba\/"},"modified":"2022-06-14T10:57:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T05:27:26","slug":"nupurs-remarks-bjps-strategy-to-divert-attention-from-kps-suffering-mehbooba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=51591","title":{"rendered":"Nupur\u2019s remarks BJP\u2019s strategy to divert attention from KPs\u2019 suffering: Mehbooba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Srinagar:<\/em><\/strong> PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday claimed that suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma\u2019s derogatory remark against Prophet Mohammad (SAW) was the BJP\u2019s strategy to divert people\u2019s attention from the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, incite Muslims and provoke a backlash against them.<br \/>Several states witnessed violent protests on Friday against the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by two now-sacked BJP functionaries, with authorities in Uttar Pradesh razing \u201cillegal\u201d houses of those accused in violence.<br \/>Sporadic incidents of violence and protests were reported on Sunday, including a group of people attacking and damaging a train at the Bethuadahari railway station in West Bengal\u2019s Nadia district while prohibitory orders continued in parts of Howrah and Murshidabad districts.<br \/>\u201cThe controversial statement made by Nupur Sharma was done strategically to divert the attention from the sufferings of Kashmiri Pandits and their killings which they (the BJP government) failed to prevent,\u201d Mehbooba told reporters on the sidelines of a function here.<br \/>The former chief minister said while violence occurred in several parts of the country due to Sharma\u2019s controversial statements, no action has been taken against her so far.<br \/>\u201cThis statement was made by Nupur Sharma to provoke the Muslims so that they (government) can get an excuse to demolish their homes, open fire and arrest them,\u201d she alleged.<br \/>The row over the alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated on June 5 following protests from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, prompting the BJP to take action against its functionaries and assert that it respects all religions.<br \/>As the row intensified domestically and abroad, the BJP suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled Naveen Kumar Jindal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday claimed that suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma\u2019s derogatory remark against Prophet Mohammad (SAW) was the BJP\u2019s strategy to divert people\u2019s attention from the plight of Kashmiri Pandits, incite Muslims and provoke a backlash against them.Several states witnessed violent protests on Friday against the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51395,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}