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/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
Srinagar: As the water level recedes, the flood-affected residents of Kashmir Valley living in make shift camps are now worried about their future in view of the approaching winters.“We are left with nothing to eat
Srinagar: “I had no government as the seat of the establishment was wiped out by the worst floods in over a century,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said today, recalling the nightmare of
Raipur: Chhattisgarh Government has announced an assistance of Rs 10 crore for the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.The aid will be released both in terms of cash and commodities after having discussions with the
Srinagar/New Delhi: The armed forces continued their coordinated efforts in Jammu and Kashmir, rescuing over 77,000 people so far as the toll in the state's worst flood in six decades reached 215. Prime Minister Narendra
Srinagar: Terming the flood situation in the flood-ravaged Kashmir Valley as ‘very serious', Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he understood the anger of the people affected by the ‘unprecedented' catastrophe.Omar
Srinagar: Describing the current floods in the state as the worst in 109 years, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the government will reach out to all people for rescuing them and then
Chandigarh: Punjab and Haryana governments today offered all necessary assistance to mitigate sufferings of the flood-affected people in Jammu and Kashmir.Expressing solidarity with residents of the state, facing the worst floods in decades, Punjab Chief
New Delhi: Civil rights activist Swami Agnivesh today came out in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his offer to extend help to flood-hit POK and said the initiative was commendable especially after derailment
Jammu/Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited flood-ravaged Jammu and Kashmir to review the situation and announced special assistance of Rs 1,000 crore while Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asked people not to panic and
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday promised the people of Jammu and Kashmir that help will reach them soon and asked them not to panic. The state is witnessing the worst floods in six decades."This
Jammu: Drawing parallel between last year's Kedarnath tragedy and the Jammu and Kashmir's flood, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah hoped that his government will be able to keep the death toll less by better and speedy
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today reached out to the flood-affected people in Jammu and took stock of the flood situation. Omar, who arrived here this afternoon, visited various flood-affected areas in
Jammu: Faced with the worst floods in Jammu and Kashmir in half a century, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said air-lifting of marooned people may begin tomorrow if weather improves even as South Kashmir remains
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday took stock of the flood situation in Jammu and Kashmir during a meeting here with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah."I have met the Chief Minister and the officers
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today directed the administration to take all necessary measures to safeguard lives of people in the flood-hit areas of the state.“Omar directed for energetic, extensive and most
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday hit out at Pakistan saying it should try to improve its internal situation rather than resort to firing and shelling villages here.“Their (Pakistan's) internal situation is
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday hit out at Pakistan saying it should try to improve its internal situation rather than resort to firing and shelling villages here."Their (Pakistan's) internal situation is
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) and laid foundation of a multi-tier parking project in Jammu today. The 27 MLD Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) has been set
Srinagar: BJP in Kashmir today hit out at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for questioning the Centre's decision to call off the talks with Pakistan. “Omar is playing to the galleries ahead of the assembly elections.
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