Geert Wilders defends Nupur Sharma amid controversy over her comments about Prophet Muhammad
New Delhi:
Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders said on Saturday he had sent a personal message of support to “brave” Nupur Sharma, a suspended member of the Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman, whose controversial remarks about the Prophet Muhammad sparked widespread protests in 2022.
Wilders, the surprise winner of last year’s Dutch election, said on his official Nupur Sharma One day, while visiting India.
“I send a personal message of support to the brave Nupur Sharma, who for years has been threatened by Islamists simply for speaking the truth. Freedom-loving people around the world should support her. I hope to visit one day I’ll see her in India,” he said on X.
I send a personal message of support to the brave Nupur Sharma, who for years has been threatened by Islamists simply for speaking the truth. Freedom-loving people around the world should support her. I hope to meet her one day when I visit India. #NuppurSharma
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) February 17, 2024
Also in 2022, he defended Ms. Sharma amid controversy over her comments about the Prophet Muhammad.
“Nupur Sharma is a hero who speaks only the truth. The whole world should be proud of her. She deserves the Nobel Prize. And India is a Hindu country and the Indian government has an obligation to resolutely defend Hindus from Islamic hatred and violence,” Nupur Sharma said on Twitter after his remarks in a televised debate sparked controversy.
Nupur Sharma is a hero who speaks only the truth. The whole world should be proud of her. She deserves a Nobel Prize. And India is a Hindu country, and the Indian government has an obligation to resolutely defend Hindus from Islamic hatred and violence.
#NuppurSharma#India#Islampic.twitter.com/kVkQjEr3RN
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) October 9, 2022
Geert Wilders The Netherlands has been trying to form a coalition government since its nationalist Freedom Party (PVV) won elections last year but fell far short of a majority.
Since winning in November, he has been trying to form a coalition with outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s centre-right party, the centrist New Social Contract party and the farmers’ protest party BBB.
To become the next Dutch prime minister, Wilders’s coalition needs to break the magic number of 76 seats in the 150-seat lower house.
