"In our culture of thousands of years, the biggest harm on secular fabric done anywhere (in India) is done in Jammu and Kashmir and it is done due to politics of your father, yourself and your son," said Modi.
In the war of word which started Sunday, Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister himself, said Kashmir wouldn't be part of an India that is "communal" and that those who "vote for Modi should jump into the sea".
National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah's son is the party president and chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, while his father Sheikh Abdullah was the 'prime minister' of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir after its accession to India in 1947. He later became the chief minister of the state in 1975, following Sheikh-Indira accord of 1974.
Modi said: "It is due to your politics and the politics of your son that Kashmir is the only land from where Pandits were removed solely for their religion. The land of Sufism and harmony has been made communal due to your politics."
Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, meanwhile, suggested the senior Abdullah should take a dip in Dal Lake to repent for not being able to bring back Kashmiri Pandits.
