Srinagar, April 9 -- Speaking to the media, the Chief Minister said, "Today, the people who are accusing me for clicking a picture with Union Minister are the ones who sat in BJP's lap and talked about milk and toffees, and watched the destruction of Jammu and Kashmir without raising their voice."

He said some members used a photograph taken with a Union Minister during a chance meeting at the Tulip Garden to raise questions about him. "I had taken my father to the garden, and a central minister happened to be present. He asked for a photograph with me. What was I supposed to do refuse or misbehave? I took the photo," Abdullah said, as per the news agency KNO.

He added that using such the picture to target him was unjust, especially by ...