{"id":312633,"date":"2019-05-27T09:02:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T09:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=312633"},"modified":"2019-09-07T09:31:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T09:31:01","slug":"bjps-gautam-gambhir-calls-attack-on-muslim-man-in-gurugram-deplorable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/bjps-gautam-gambhir-calls-attack-on-muslim-man-in-gurugram-deplorable\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP\u2019s Gautam Gambhir calls attack on Muslim man in Gurugram deplorable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-311439 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/38-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/04\/38.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Monday condemned the\u00a0alleged attack on a Muslim man in Gurugram. He demanded that strong action be taken against the culprits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The cricketer turned politician called for &#8220;exemplary action&#8221; in a tweet, asserting that we are a secular nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn Gurugram Muslim man told to remove skullcap, chant Jai Shri Ram,\u201d Gambhir tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIt is deplorable. Exemplary action needed by Gurugram authorities. We are a secular nation where Javed Akhtar writes lyrics for songs \u201cO Palan Haare&#8221; (from Lagaan) while Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra gave us d song (Arziyanin Delhi 6),\u201d Gambhir added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gambhir further said, \u201cMy thoughts on secularism emanate from honourable PM Mr Modi\u2019s mantra \u2018Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Gambhir also said. \u201cI am not limiting myself to Gurugram incident alone, any oppression based on caste\/religion is deplorable. Tolerance &amp; inclusive growth is what idea of India is based on.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The 25-year-old man was allegedly beaten up by a group of men at Gurugram on Saturday while he was returning to his shop after offering prayers in a mosque.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a complaint to police on Sunday, Mohamad Barker Alam alleged that four unidentified men accosted him and objected to him for wearing a skull cap, even they ordered him to chant &#8220;Jai Shri Ram&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from East Delhi Gautam Gambhir on Monday condemned the\u00a0alleged attack on a Muslim man in Gurugram. He demanded that strong action be taken against the culprits. The cricketer turned politician called for &#8220;exemplary action&#8221; in a tweet, asserting that we are a secular nation. \u201cIn Gurugram Muslim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":311439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2110,2009,2014],"tags":[6722,1454],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312633"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312635,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312633\/revisions\/312635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/311439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}