Srinagar, March 5 -- After a verbal skirmish between NC and BJP lawmakers in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said there is no comparison between the divided parts of Kashmir as the situation across the border is "very bad" despite a Chinese help to Pakistan.

He said every part of Jammu and Kashmir is far developed even though "we have never sought help from China, America, England or France to construct our roads."

The CM made the remarks to placate the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and ruling National Conference members exchanging heated words over the development in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK).

"Whatever progress has been made in the areas across the border is because of the blessings ...