Uniindia: Baghdad/New Delhi, June 7 (UNI) Iraq became the latest Islamic country to condemn the controversial remarks about Prophet Mohammad made by now-expelled and suspended BJP functionaries, and summoned the Indian ambassador to hand over a protest note.
The backlash India has faced has been unprecedented, with several Gulf countries, a north African nation, and four Asian countries registering forms of protest against Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal's comments.
Asserting that the controversy had not impacted the NDA dispensation as Sharma was not a government functionary Union Minister Piyush Goyal said good relations would continue with the countries even as Malaysia Iraq and Libya joined over a dozen Muslim nations in condemning the comments by Sharma
In response to a statement issued by the Parliamentary Committee on Awqaf and Tribals of Iraq on the controversial tweets, the Spokesperson of the Embassy of India in Iraq on Monday clarified that the tweets do not, in any manner, reflect the views of the Government of India