National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sundaysaid the "rising intolerance" in the country has "severely affected" religious minorities, especially Muslims.
Attacking the BJP-led government at the Centre, Abdullah said the current dispensation in Delhi was "hell-bent on destroying the secular and liberal visage of India".
In an official statement, the lawmaker from Srinagar was quoted as saying that the people of the country showed the BJP its "right place" by voting their governments out in the recently concluded assembly elections.
He said, "Rising intolerance in the country has severely affected religious minorities, especially Muslims."
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