Several students in Jamia Millia Islamia staged a demonstration on the varsity campus here against suspended Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nupur Sharma and her controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.
The students gathered in large numbers at Gate no-7 of the varsity and demanded the arrest of Nupur Sharma "for hurting religious sentiments", said student outfit Campus Front of India (CFI).
They raised slogans against the BJP and Sharma and also held placards that read “Blasphemy is RSS' inborn language, Save India from them, Arrest Nupur Sharma” and “Stop Attacking Muslims.” “Nupur Sharma has hurt the religious sentiments of Muslims.
Strict action should be taken against her and she should be put behind bars,” said a student associated with CFI. The students also alleged that even before the Friday prayers the university security closed the gates.
The row over the derogatory remarks against Prophet Mohammad escalated on Sunday with protests from countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and Iran, prompting the BJP to take action against its functionaries and assert that it respects all religions.
As the row intensified domestically and abroad, the BJP on Sunday suspended Nupur Sharma and expelled Former Delhi BJP media unit head Naveen Kumar Jindal.
