New Delhi: Rejecting Pakistani Mohammad Ali Jinnah's two nation theory, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani on April 20 asserted that divided India did not face the prospect of any further division.

"This feeling may be weaker among some sections of the Muslim community, but they too are fast realising that they have no choice but to live here, work here and get integrated into the national mainstream," he said at a book release function.

"The tragic partition of India has brought no change in this self definition of Indian nationhood. Neither Pakistan nor Bangladesh or for that matter any other Islamic nation in the world is a role model for them," Advani said.

Observing that religious freedom has always been guaranteed in secular India, Advani said with passage of time, Indian Muslims are bound to get more and more integrated into the broader Indian society.

The Deputy Prime Minister observed that there would always be majority and minority communities, but the important thing was to ensure the two lived in harmony and co- operation without fear of insecurity and persecution.

Stating that demand for repeal of IMDT in Assam was justified, he alleged that Congress had brought in the law for a specific purpose under popular pressure, but deliberately framed it in such a manner so as to subvert that very purpose.

PTI