Ethnic cleansing in Kashmir failure of secularism: Jaitley

In response to Abdullah's comment that Kashmir will not remain with India if it becomes communal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader called exodus of Hindus from Kashmir Valley the "biggest failure of secularism in India".

"The single greatest failure of secularism in India is within Abdullah's own state of Kashmir. If India has witnessed an ethnic cleansing by having one community of the state, namely the Kashmiri pundits ejected out of the state, it has only happened in Kashmir," he said.

"India will never accept communal politics. I am glad when Abdullah said Kashmir will not accept communal politics. But will Kashmir offer the red carpet for the resettlement of the Kashmiri pundits," he asked.