Kishtwar clashes a threat to India's sovereignty: Jaitley

Arun-JaitleyNew Delhi, Aug 12 : The violence in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar town is not just a communal clash but "a threat to India's sovereignty", Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley said Monday.

"It is not an inter-community disturbance. In inter-community disturbances flags of a neighbouring country are not flashed... This is an issue of threat to India's sovereignty," Jaitley said in the upper house.

"Things will go back to what is was in 1990 if the situation is not brought in control," Jaitley said to the beginning of the insurgency in the state that led to the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.

The BJP leader was detained at Jammu airport Sunday on his way to Kishtwar and not allowed to visit the clash-hit areas.

He criticised the state government for stopping him.

"India is not a banana republic to impose (section) 144 and stop someone from entering the state. Jammu and Kashmir is not some family's property. This is the plight of democracy in the state," he said.(IANS)