New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has broken his silence on the controversy over the inauguration plaque with an Ashoka emblem at the revered Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar.

A group of people who came to offer prayers at the shrine on Friday allegedly damaged the emblem of the inauguration plaque, sparking a political row.

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board, Dr Darakshan Andrabi, described the vandalism as an acy of 'tarnishing of the national emblem' and a 'terrorist attack.'

"The first question that should be asked if these should be an emblem on that plaque. I have not seen such an emblem being put up at any religious place. What was the need of using t...