Overview
- A viral video from Kareda Buzurg shows former MP Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria ordering blankets taken back after learning several recipients were Muslim.
- In the footage, he states the blankets were not for those who "abuse" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- Hindu residents rallied behind the women, held a protest the next day, and burned Jaunapuria’s effigy, saying the act damaged long-standing communal harmony.
- Recipient Shakuran Bano, 60, said the humiliation stung more than the loss of aid, and she recounted police at the event questioning the removals.
- Jaunapuria said the drive was his private program for about 200 listed BJP women workers and denied a communal motive, as Congress leaders demanded his expulsion and delivered replacement blankets.