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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New Delhi: A comprehensive policy on Kashmir is being prepared by the NDA government, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday."We are preparing a comprehensive policy on Kashmir. We will announce it soon," he said.Asked
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah sought liberal and extraordinary package from the Centre for rehabilitation and reconstruction in flood-affected areas of the state.Omar raised the issue during a meeting with Union Surface
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government today said more than two lakh structures were damaged, which included 20,000 houses totally destroyed, in the worst floods in the state in more than a century."Approximately 2,34,516 structures
Jammu: The number of deaths due to the floods in Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 280, an official said.At least 203 people have died in Jammu region and 77 in the Kashmir Valley. The
Jammu: As the flood waters recede, a grim picture emerges from the agriculture sector in Jammu where the deluge has washed away crops worth Rs 365 crore and 13,000 hectares of cultivable land.While the Maize
Srinagar: The death toll due to the floods in Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to 277 even as Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that the toll would not be as high as feared
Srinagar/Jammu: As the Omar Abdullah government gears up to rehabilitate people in flood-battered Kashmir Valley, state ministers have begun to lead the administration from the front and are reaching out to the affected.A team of
Srinagar: The life in flood-hit Kashmir region is limping back to normal as vehicular traffic to the Valley has been restored through three national highways facilitating the resumption of supplies at a massive scale. The
Jammu: Taking stock of the situation in border districts Rajouri and Poonch of flood ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on has said the state government should carry out relief and rehabilitation work
Jammu: Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir yesterday held a high-level meeting of officers of the civil and police administration to review the rescue, relief and rehabilitation efforts in Kashmir region caused due
Srinagar: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said all assistance will be provided to the state health authorities to tackle any possible epidemic in the aftermath of the devastating floods.Vardhan was speaking at a meeting
Jammu: Stepping up efforts to re-establish normalcy in the flood ravaged state, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said 60 per cent power supply has been restored in Kashmir Valley so far. “60
Srinagar: Asserting that restoration of essential services and public utilities on war footing is the priority of the government, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah directed concerned departments to redouble the ration supply to
Srinagar: Ration supplies will reach all places of Srinagar within 36 hours, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today while noting that his government was addressing a multitude of challenges to ensure quick
Srinagar: Mobile services were partially restored Saturday in flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir as rescue and relief efforts continued on a war footing. The receding floodwaters revealed the death of 43 people, including 14 children in
Srinagar: Water levels in North Kashmir are rising which is a matter of concern, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said while hoping that it would not be as bad as in the rest
Srinagar: With Jammu and Kashmir engrossed in a massive rescue and relief operation, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the last thing on his mind at the moment was holding of assembly elections in the
Srinagar: As flood response efforts move from rescue to relief and rehabilitation, Jammu and Kashmir government today announced a Rs 200 crore assistance package, first instalment of Rs 75,000 to the homeless for rebuilding homes
Ahmednagar: Commercial sex workers of Ahmednagar district in Maharashtra have raised funds to help flood-hit victims of Jammu and Kashmir.The workers have contributed Rs 10,321 to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund and handed over the
Srinagar/Jammu: Rescuers, including from the army, distributed packets of cooked food, and pouches of drinking water to thousands of stranded people in flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir, especially in summer capital Srinagar, as over 130,000 people
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