"Three unfortunate deaths - one Hindu, two Muslim and we've a judicial inquiry with my Minister resigning. Would the BJP care to recount 2002 response(?)" Omar asked.
"Would (Arun) Jaitley be so kind as to inform (the) Parliament whether the (then) Gujarat Home Minister or MoS Home resigned or even offered to (resign) in 2002!," he said.
Calling the BJP leaders "hypocrites", Omar said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi waited for days to call out Army for controlling the riots in his state and has not apologised for it so far.
BJP had yesterday slammed as "undemocratic" its leader Arun Jaitley being stopped at Jammu airport from visiting riot-hit Kishtwar and accused the Jammu and Kashmir government of not allowing the truth to come out in the communal clashes.
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