BJP continues to maintain a studied silence over the attack on author Salman Rushdie last week, with spokespersons and leaders of the party only referring to a response by Minister for External Affairs S. Jaishankar over the issue, which basically acknowledged that the government had noted the matter and the response of other countries.
Mr. Rushdie, who had for years been the subject of a thread of murder due to a "fatwa" by the Iranian government in the 1980s after his book "Satanic Verses" had been released, was attacked while he was speaking at a literary event in New York on August 12th.
Minister for External Affairs, S. Jaishankar had, at an event in Bengaluru responded to queries stating, "I also read about it. This is something that the whole world has noticed and the whole world has reacted to such an attack."
