While Malaysia, Iraq and Libya joined more than a dozen Muslim nations in condemning the controversial comments against Prophet Mohammed by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and now-expelled leader Naveen Kumar Jindal, online campaigns such as #BoycottIndiaProducts and #Stopinsulting_ProphetMuhammad are trending on Twitter and Facebook in several Gulf countries, reported Bloomberg.
The remarks drew international condemnation with some Islamic countries demanding an apology. The Congress has asked why the country should apologise and face the consequences of the “misdeeds” of BJP leaders.
Now, with these online campaigns, many see it as a big headache for Modi, who spent the last eight years building relations with the Middle East countries to draw in investments and to build markets for Indian grains, clothing and machinery.
News agency AFP reported that a supermarket in Kuwait has removed Indian rice, spices and chillies from its shelves.
In a video, posted by the Arab News, workers of Al Ardiya Co operative Society, a superstore in Kuwait City, are seen bringing down Indian teas and other products from their shelves and denouncing the remarks as “Islamophobic.”
