Omar Abdullah is the vice president of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and the former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009 to 2015. He became the youngest Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2009. He became the Minister of State for External Affairs in 2001 under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He three times represented the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in 1998, 1999, and 2004. In the 1998 Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah won the Srinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Aga Syed Mohdi by a margin of 70,839 votes. Omar retained his seat in the 1999 Lok Sabha Election after defeating independent candidate Mehbooba Mufti by 36,859 votes. He again won the constituency in 2004 by defeating Advocate Ghulam Nabi Lone of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (JKPDP). Abdullah contested the 2002 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections from Ganderbal but lost to JKPDP candidate Qazi Mohd Afzal by 2,870 votes. However, he successfully won the seat in the 2008 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections when he defeated Afzal by 8,215 votes. In 2014, he fought from two constituencies, Beerwah and Sonawar. He won the Beerwah seat by defeating Congress candidate Nazir Ahmad Khan with a margin of just 910 votes. However, he was defeated by Mohammad Ashraf Mir of the JKPDP in Sonawar. He became the Leader of the Opposition in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2015. In the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, Omar Abdullah was decisively defeated by independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh by 2,04,142 votes in Baramulla. Omar is again contesting from two seats, namely Ganderbal and Budgam, in the 2024 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections.
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Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today termed the lynching of a man by a mob which accused his family of consuming beef in Dadri village as shameful and asked how could
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today regretted the distance maintained by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif at UN Peacekeeping Summit in New York and said it
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government today extended the two-day ban on Internet services till tomorrow, saying it apprehended misuse by anti-social elements to create communal tension.Inspector General of Police of Kashmir as well as Jammu
Leh: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today suggested that there could be attempts to divide the state and its people on the basis of religion and region and said his party National
Srinagar: A year after devastating floods hit Jammu and Kashmir, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the Centre to allow international aid to the state if it did not have money or was unwilling
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah suggested that ex-servicemen should accept the terms and conditions of One-Rank-One-Pension scheme likely to be announced by the Centre today than get nothing in return."With an imminent #OROP announcement is
Srinagar: Ruling PDP today rejected the allegation of former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah about spying on him, saying it was not a cop but a disgruntled National Conference worker who had accosted the journalist outside
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today suggested shifting the venue of Indo-Pak NSA-level talks from Delhi to Islamabad to call Pakistan's "bluff"."Here's a thought - why doesn't the Indian NSA call
Srinagar: The build-up of the Nationl Security Adviser (NSA)-level talks between Indian and Pakistan was like "never before", Jammu and Kashmir's former chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday."This #NSAtalks buildup has been like no
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for maintaining silence on the ceasefire violations in the state while reaching out to victims of the Bangkok
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday gave a back-handed compliment to the BJP-led government at the Centre for continuing on the path of dialogue with Pakistan in the back drop
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the attack on a BSF convoy in Udhampur was a “worrying development” as the area had remained free from militancy for a long time.“An
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah today said the series of grenade attacks in Srinagar should serve as a wake up call for the PDP-led government.“Thank goodness no injuries or casualties
New Delhi: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday attacked Sajad Gani Lone after the separatist-turned-minister in PDP-BJP government stated that he was close to BJP since the times of Prime Minister
Mumbai: Former Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today rejected National Conference leader Omar Abdullah's claim that Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru was hanged for "political reasons" by the UPA government."Supreme Court had given the decision.
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi preferred silence during the UPA regime as speaking his mind would have meant either being critical of the Prime Minister or his mother, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said and termed
New Delhi: The controversial hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru had been carried out for “political reasons” by the UPA government which had informed him only hours before, former Chief Minister of Jammu and
New Delhi: Omar Abdullah today came out in strong support of Arvind Kejriwal on the issue of his ongoing tussle with the Delhi Lt Governor, saying Jammu and Kashmir had to pay a “heavy price”
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today took a swipe at the Prime Minister's statements on India and its foreign policy during the latter's three-nation tour.“Actually the ‘Look East' policy was NDA-1's
New Delhi: Amid row over appointment of new acting Chief Secretary of Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought opinion of Delhities through social media.Accusing senior bureaucrat Shakuntala Gamlin of "being close" to power companies,
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