NEW DELHI: While former BJP functionaries Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal have the support of a section of the party, another section justifies the action taken against them for their controversial remarks against Prophet Muhammad. This group believes that by penalising the two for their “out of turn outbursts”, the party has sought to convey the message that “development is its main mantra” and no one should cross the “Lakshman Rekha”.
TOI spoke with several senior BJP leaders and many of them said on the condition of anonymity that the party took action against Sharma and Jindal to keep the focus of the NDA government on development issues.
