John Singarayar

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The diplomatic fallout was swift and severe. When Nupur Sharma, an official spokesperson for India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), made derogatory comments about the Prophet Muhammad during a heated television debate in 2022, she inadvertently ignited an international firestorm. Within days, ambassadors from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, and nearly a dozen other Muslim-majority nations were summoning Indian diplomats for formal reprimands.