Not all Delhi University Students Union presidents are destined for a mainstream political career. Some quit along the way, while a few plod on with the help of their party’s leadership. Nupur Sharama, recently suspended as the BJP’s national spokesperson after her derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammed on Times Now television news channel sparked a diplomatic fire, is among the latter.
From the Campus Law Centre at Delhi University to the BJP HQ on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Marg, Nupur rose steeply in the party, going from being a member of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP, to contesting the 2015 Delhi assembly election, though unsuccessfully, against would-be chief minister Arvind Kejriwal.
