BJP suspends Nupur Sharma from primary membership, expels Naveen Kumar Jindal

The Bharatiya Janata Party on June 5 suspended its spokesperson Nupur Sharma from the partys primary membership and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after their alleged inflammatory remarks against minoritiesThe development comes hours after the party issued a statement seeking to defuse the rowExpelling Jindal a communication from its Delhi BJP president Adesh Gupta said Your primary membership is immediately terminated and you are expelled from the partyFurther a communication to Sharma from the partys disciplinary committee said she has expressed views contrary to the partys position on various matters which is in clear violation of its constitutionMember secretary of BJPs central disciplinary committee Om Pathak in a letter to Sharma said You have expressed views contrary to the Partys position on various matters which is in clear violation of Rule 10 a of constitution of the BJP I have been directed to convey to you that pending further inquiry you are suspended from the party and from your responsibilitiesassignments if any with immediate effectEarlier in the day BJP said in a statement issued by its general secretary Arun Singh The BJP strongly denounces insult of any religious personalities of any religion The Bharatiya Janata Party is also against any ideology which insults or demeans any section or religion The BJP does not promote such people or philosophyBJP stated that it respects all religions and is strongly against any ideology which insults or demeans any sect or religionDuring the thousands of years of the history of India every religion has blossomed and flourished The Bharatiya Janata Party respects all religions the brief statement saidIndias Constitution gives the right to every citizen to practice any religion of hisher choice and to honour and respect every religion As India celebrates 75th year of its independence we are committed to making India a great country where all are equal and everyone lives with dignity where all are committed to Indias unity and integrity where all enjoy the fruits of growth and development it saidHowever the official statement made no direct mention of any incident or comment made by Sharma during the debateThe Mumbai police registered an FIR against Sharma based on a complaint by Irfan Shaikh joint secretary of the Mumbai wing of Raza Academy It stated that Sharma in a news debate on the Gyanvapi issue allegedly made controversial comments about Prophet Muhammad Moreover Jindal allegedly tweeted against the interests of the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever