DELHI: The Supreme Court of India today declared the blasphemous remarks by suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma the real cause of igniting tensions across the country that led to the gruesome murder of a Hindu tailor by two men in Udaipur.
Nupur Sharma sparked tension and furore in the Islamic world by making derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on a TV show.
The remarks sparked widespread protests in India and abroad with Muslims demanding she be severely punished, and the row has since sparked violence in Udaipur, and later the beheading of the tailor on camera.
The court, during the hearing of Sharma’s plea seeking transfer of multiple FIRs filed against her to Delhi, said that she created a row that “set [the] country on fire.”
The way she has ignited emotions across the country. This lady [Sharma] is single-handedly responsible for what is happening in the country.
The court called out Sharma to apologise to the entire country [India] for putting its national security at stake.
“She faces threats or she has become a security threat,” the judges reprimanded. They also snubbed the politician’s request for “equal treatment” and “no discrimination”, saying that people get arrested immediately when she files the FIRs and “no one can dare to touch you” when the FIRs are against her. Sharma, however, has withdrawn her pleas where she had cited threats to her.
