Jammu, April 2 -- Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday alleged that successive governments, at the Centre and in Jammu and Kashmir have so far not been able to create conditions that would pave the way for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.

He, however, assured the J&K legislative assembly that till that happened, religious sites and properties of the Pandits will be protected by the government.

Speaking in the House during a discussion on a private member's bill, Abdullah said the displacement of Kashmiri Pandits is a reality that neither the government nor anyone else denies.

"Kashmiri Pandits or Kashmiri Hindus left Kashmir in a very difficult situation and turbulent times. Since then all the successive governments a...