Jammu, April 9 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday hit out at the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in a veilled attack over the latter's criticism against him, accusing them of "sitting in the lap" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and "destroying" the union territory.

"Some weird things happened in the house in my absence. Now, those people are talking about me, who sat in BJP's lap and destroyed J&K, who distributed cricket bats to mislead the youth of the state and dragged them to the then Home Minister's events. Whatever situation we are in is because of them," Abdullah told reporters here.

Speaking about his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju,...