The AAP hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Qatar, Kuwait and Iran summoned India’s ambassadors to their countries over BJP leaders’ derogatory references to Islam and Prophet Mohammad.
“These small countries have gathered the courage to challenge a great country like India. This is what Modi ji and BJP have done. Every Indian is pained by it, the sorrow is endless ('Itne chhote chhote deshon ko Bharat jaise mahan desh ko aankhwn dikhani ki himmat ho gayi? Modi Ji aur BJP ne desh ka kya haal kar diya. Aaj har bharatbasi behad pirit hai, dukh ki seema nahin hai'),” tweeted Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal retweeted Sisodia’s statement.
Sisodia's remarks came after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) slammed India for comments by two BJP functionaries against Prophet Mohammad and even urged the UN to take necessary measures to ensure that the rights of Muslims are protected.
Sanjay Singh, the AAP Rajya Sabha MP, while hitting hard at BJP said that India was insulted and disgraced at an international level because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“BJP’s hate-riddled politics has brought shame and mockery to the country. In the last 75 years of independence not a single Indian PM has brought so much shame to India as PM Narendra Modi has. Indian diplomats are being insulted in foreign countries. Ambassadors are being summoned by foreign governments to issue apologies,” said Singh, while addressing après conference here in national Capital.
Singh questioned that why the country was being made to apologise for the hate BJP has spread and called the whole incident an aftermath of PM Modi’s backing for such goons.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iran and Kuwait expressed their condemnation of the controversial remarks against the Prophet and called 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 two BJP leaders.
As the row escalated both domestically and abroad, the BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal.
The party also issued a statement asserting that it respects all religions and strongly denounces insults of any religious personality.
Sharma's comments, made in a TV debate nearly 10 days ago, and Jindal's now-deleted tweets sparked a Twitter trend calling for a boycott of Indian products in some countries.