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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Jammu: Hitting out at the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed government over the flag row, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today alleged that it had withdrawn a circular on maintaining the sanctity of the Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu: Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi going to change or relax the resolution passed by Parliament in 1994 to facilitate talks with Hurriyat Conference or Pakistan for resolution of Kashmir, asked former Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and former CM Omar Abdullah today took oath among 85 others as members of 12th J&K Legislative Assembly, which came into operation from today.The Pro-tem Speaker
New Delhi: A day after the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election result was declared, top bigwigs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had met the then outgoing CM Omar Abdullah in New Delhi to discuss
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today questioned the state government's decision to withdraw the circular on according the state flag sanctity , saying the order was “correct” and “timely”.“Why on earth
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tonight said he had no “regrets” that his government had detained the hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Masarat Alam who was released following the order of Chief
Srinagar: NC leader Omar Abdullah today alleged that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had diverted the attention of the people from the “hollow” common minimum programme his government by raking up Pakistan
Srinagar: National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today said PDP's demand to return the remains of Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru's was a “cynical attempt” to buy vote of independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid
New Delhi: Taking a dig at chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mufti Mohammad Sayeed ‘s recent statement former Chief minister Omar Abdullah said “ We should thank Pakistan, Hurriyat and Militants for allowing conducive
Jammu: Stoking a controversy soon after taking oath, Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed today said credit must be given to “people from across the border”, an oblique reference to Pakistan, Hurriyat and militant outfits for
Jammu: Veteran National Conference (NC) leader and uncle of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, Sheikh Nazir passed away Tuesday in winter capital Jammu. He was 84.Sheikh Nazir had been admitted to government
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hit out at PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed for being a "sell-out" to BJP."Dear Mufti Sahib, please don't say you won't 'sell out' because you've
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today congratulated AAP for its performance in Delhi Assembly polls, saying there was a lesson for Congress that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP were
Jammu: Asserting that PDP and BJP are together as the curtains have now been lifted, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said these parties should come in open and form the government
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today voiced hope that the Aam Aadmi Party will give BJP “something to think about” in Delhi which is voting to elect its Assembly.Omar wished good
Jammu: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah was on Friday unanimously elected leader of the NC legislature party.At a meeting of the newly elected members of the
Srinagar: National Conference today termed the BJP-PDP alliance for Rajya Sabha elections as “unholy and opportunistic” and asked other parties and independent MLAs to vote for Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in the February 7
Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had been set up, days before the February 7 Assembly elections in Delhi.“#AAP can't explain the failure of its due
Jammu: The National Conference will back Congress' Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Feb 7 Rajya Sabha elections for four seats in Jammu and Kashmir.This was decided after an hour long meeting between National Conference leader
Srinagar: National Conference working president Omar Abdullah today expressed condolences to the families of the two security personnel killed in an encounter with militants in Tral area of Kashmir. “My heartfelt condolences to the families
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