‘Modi’s patronage to hate politics has introduced shame to India’: AAP on Prophet remarks row

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The AAP alleged on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s patronage to “hate politics” has introduced shame to the nation and that raids had been carried out by the ED in opposition to Delhi minister Satyendar Jain solely to divert individuals’s consideration from it.

It additionally slammed the BJP-led Centre over focused killings by terrorists in Kashmir and alleged that the valley has been witnessing scenes much like these of the Nineteen Nineties due to the Modi authorities.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) focused the prime minister after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) slammed India for feedback by two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries in opposition to Prophet Mohammad and urged the United Nations (UN) to take essential measures to make sure that the rights of Muslims in India are protected.

While Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait expressed their condemnation of the controversial remarks in opposition to the Prophet and known as for “respect for beliefs and religions”, Pakistan summoned the Indian chargé d’affaires to convey its categorical rejection and condemnation of the controversial remarks by the BJP leaders.

“Due to the politics of hate of the BJP and Narendra Modi, Indian envoys and ambassadors are being summoned, insulted and asked to apologise across the world. The BJP and its people make mistakes and India has to apologise. They get their training from Modi,” AAP Rajya Sabha MP and spokesperson Sanjay Singh advised a press convention right here.

BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal had not too long ago made sure controversial remarks in opposition to Prophet Mohammad.

Sharma’s feedback, made throughout a tv debate round 10 days in the past, and Jindal’s now-deleted tweets sparked a Twitter pattern, calling for a boycott of Indian merchandise in some nations, whereas Qatar and Kuwait summoned the Indian ambassadors and handed over protest notes to them on what the Gulf nations known as a categorical “rejection and condemnation” of the controversial remarks of the BJP leaders in opposition to the Prophet.

The BJP suspended Sharma and expelled Jindal on Sunday because the row over their remarks in opposition to Prophet Mohammad escalated with protests from some Muslim nations.

Singh termed the summoning of the Indian envoys overseas an “insult” to the 130 crore individuals of the nation.

“India’s head is hanging in shame today because of Narendra Modi and his BJP’s hate politics,” he stated, including, “In the last 75 years of independence, none of the prime ministers brought so much shame to India as Modi has.”

The AAP chief additionally hit out on the Centre over the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raids in opposition to Jain on Monday and alleged that the Delhi well being minister and his relations are being “harassed and tortured”, regardless that he’s “an honest man” and has made “huge contributions” in offering higher healthcare companies to the individuals of the nationwide capital.

“Satyendar Jain was interrogated for five days but nothing was found against him. In the high court, they (ED) said there was no FIR or complaint against him. Then they raided his residence on Monday to insult his wife and family members,” Singh stated.

He accused Modi of deploying the ED to conduct raids in opposition to Jain to divert individuals’s consideration from the insult that the nation needed to undergo because of the BJP’s “hate politics”.

“The entire Jain community is sad and angry over the harassment and torture that Satyendar Jain and his family members have been put through,” Singh stated.

He requested the prime minister to work on the training and well being sectors, and take the nation on the trail of progress, as an alternative of indulging within the politics of “grudge and malice”.

“Put all of us into jail if you have so much malice,” the AAP chief stated.

The ED carried out raids in opposition to Jain on Monday as a part of a money-laundering probe linked to a case of “hawala” dealings in opposition to him.

The raids, together with that at Jain’s residential premises in Delhi and different places, are being carried out as a “follow-up” train within the case, officers stated.

Jain (57) was arrested by the ED on May 30 underneath felony sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

He shall be within the company’s custody until June 9.

Replying to questions on focused killings by terrorists in Kashmir, Singh alleged that the valley has been witnessing scenes much like these of the Nineteen Nineties due to the Modi authorities.

“Kashmir is witnessing another exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. They (Centre) had talked about the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits but the valley today is witnessing scenes similar to those seen in the 1990s,” the AAP chief stated.