Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the remarks made by ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma was "strategic and deliberate to deflect the attention away from the killings of Kashmiri Pandits, which the government was not able to handle".
"Ms. Sharma used extreme derogatory remarks (against Prophet Muhammed and his wife) and the entire country is witnessing riots. However, no action has been taken against her. I believe what she said was deliberate. It was made to take the attention away from the killings of Kashmiri Pandits and their bad situation," Ms. Mufti said in Srinagar.
“The remarks were aimed to provoke Muslims, and the government got an alibi to shoot at Muslims, beat them and demolish their houses,” the former J&K Chief Minister said.
