Jammu, March 6 -- Chief Minister on Thursday threw down the gauntlet to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), daring the opposition party to present concrete evidence of any significant benefits that Jammu and Kashmir has accrued following the abrogation of Article 370.

Speaking during the concluding session of discussions on the Lieutenant Governor's Address in the Legislative Assembly, Abdullah dismissed the BJP's narrative around Article 370's removal, calling the ongoing debate a futile exercise unless the party could back its claims with facts and figures.

Abdullah specifically asked the BJP to identify any major developmental project that had been obstructed solely due to the existence of Article 370 before its abrogation in August 2019...