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Who is Nupur Sharma?

Who is Nupur Sharma?
 
Nupur Sharma is the former national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She was suspended from the party in June 2022 over her remarks on the Prophet Mohammad during a debate on a news channel.
 
Nupur Sharma’s early life and education
 
As a student at Delhi University, Nupur Sharma became actively involved with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) – a student organisation affiliated to the RSS. In 2008, she was elected as the president of the organisation and also started appearing on news channels. Nupur has a master’s degree in law from the London School of Economics.
Nupur Sharma’s career
 
Before becoming a spokesperson for the BJP’s Delhi unit, Nupur Sharma worked with the youth wing of the party for many years. In 2015, she was brought to the limelight when she was given a ticket to contest against Arvind Kejriwal. Although Sharma lost the election by a margin of 31,000 votes, her political career took off from there. In 2020, given her expertise on legal issues and bilingual skills, she was appointed as the BJP’s national spokesperson under the party president JP Nadda. Her appearances on television debates were marked by her firm advocacy of Hindutva.
 
Controversy over Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad
 
In June 2022, Sharma’s comment during a debate on a news channel regarding the Prophet Muhammad got her suspended from the party. Her allegedly insulting remarks drew ire from several Gulf nations including Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, who sought an apology from India.
 
Sharma later withdrew her comments and, in a statement posted on Twitter, said that her intention was not to hurt anyone.

Latest Updates on Nupur Sharma

A bench of Justices M R Shah and Krishna Murari said no coercive action shall be taken against Kumar for a period of eight weeks so she can avail remedies in the interim period.

Updated On: 23 Sep 2022 | 8:20 PM IST

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik had said the same thing earlier but no one asked him to apologise, Thackeray said while addressing a meeting of MNS functionaries here.

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 5:07 PM IST

The Supreme Court directed clubbing and transfer of all FIRs lodged across the country against suspended BJP spokeswoman Nupur Sharma to Delhi Police

Updated On: 10 Aug 2022 | 11:55 PM IST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear various cases including the petition of former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma seeking revival of her plea for clubbing of FIRs lodged over her remarks

Updated On: 19 Jul 2022 | 12:48 PM IST

A vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala had refused to entertain her plea for clubbing of the FIRs lodged in several states over her remarks.

Updated On: 18 Jul 2022 | 10:32 PM IST

He was referring to the observations made by a Supreme Court bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice Surya Kant which had on July 1 rebuked Sharma for her "disturbing" remarks against the Prophet

Updated On: 16 Jul 2022 | 8:24 PM IST

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Updated On: 09 Jul 2022 | 9:30 AM IST

The Uttar Pradesh Police arrested one person for allegedly threatening to behead suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, who kicked off a controversy last month

Updated On: 08 Jul 2022 | 10:38 AM IST

Umesh Kolhe was killed on June 21 by two motorcycle-borne men by slitting his throat, allegedly for supporting Nupur Sharma, who made objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammad

Updated On: 07 Jul 2022 | 2:23 PM IST

Sharma had avoided both the notices on grounds of security threat apprehensions following which the city police had also issued a lookout notice against her.

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 5:31 PM IST

The counsel contended before the bench that a complaint was made to the police but no action has been taken so far against her.

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 3:20 PM IST

The Ajmer police had registered an FIR against 'khadim' Salman Chisti on Monday night

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 10:30 AM IST

The advent of 24x7 news channels, continual live-tweeting and YouTubed webcasting of proceedings have made judges and lawyers participants in a judicial content-creating version of Bigg Boss

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 10:18 AM IST

Former bureaucrats term the remarks an 'indelible scar' on justice system

Updated On: 06 Jul 2022 | 12:52 AM IST

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Updated On: 05 Jul 2022 | 6:30 AM IST

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Updated On: 04 Jul 2022 | 10:30 PM IST

NCW asked police in Uttar Pradesh to take action against Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for allegedly instigating hatred and ill-will against suspended BJP member Nupur Sharma

Updated On: 04 Jul 2022 | 2:06 PM IST

Between 2017 and 2020, the number of cases filed under Section 153A pending trial in courts doubled from 1,435 to 2,869. There was a 147 per cent jump in cases pending for 1-3 years

Updated On: 07 Jul 2022 | 10:07 PM IST

Delhi Police on Friday said that the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has already joined the investigation and they have recorded her statement on June 18 for hurting religious sentiments

Updated On: 02 Jul 2022 | 12:23 PM IST

Supreme Court slammed Nupur Sharma and said she should apologise to the whole country. It further said her outburst is responsible for the unfortunate incident at Udaipur, where a tailor was murdered

Updated On: 02 Jul 2022 | 12:26 AM IST