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India PM refuses to fire minster for anti-Muslim remark

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has rejected demands to fire a government minister whose derogatory comments against Muslims have led to a furor that has shut down the Indian Parliament for four days.

 

Junior minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti told a public rally in New Delhi that those who do not follow the Hindu god Ram were "bastards."

 

Opposition lawmakers want her removed from the council of ministers on the grounds that her comments went against India's secular constitution.

 


פרסום ראשון: 12.05.14, 09:19