He said the all-round development, massive economic uplift and peace in the state in the last five years was due to the UPA government.
Construction of bridges, roads, schools, colleges, universities and other developmental schemes besides enactment of legislations to empower people and ensure transparency in administration has been possible only with financial and logical support by the Congress-led union government.
In an indirect reference to senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani and now-expelled Jaswant Singh, Abdullah said the BJP, which has no regard for its own elders and stalwarts, cannot think about the welfare of the common people.