International Backlash Forced BJP to Take Action Against its Leaders: Chidambaram

GG News Bureau

New Delhi, 6^th June. Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said that it was not domestic criticism but international backlash that forced the Bharatiya Janata Party to take action against its functionaries for their offensive comments against Prophet Mohammed.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled the party’s Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal for their controversial remarks following extensive anger in several Gulf countries.

“Mrs Nupur Sharma and Mr Naveen Kumar were not the original creators of the Islamophobia. Remember, they were trying to more loyal than the king,” Chidambaram tweeted.

“Domestic criticism did not impel the BJP to act against the two spokespersons. It was only the international backlash that pushed the BJP to take action,” he said.