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 and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that slapping of sedition charges against Kashmiri students in Meerut by Uttar Pradesh Government for cheering Pakistan team during a cricket match that India lost
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said politicians aren't as much of a threat to the “independent media” as “spare cash” being used to “mop up” electronic and print media groups.Omar made
Sheeri (J&K): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said 2014 would be full of challenges for security forces in the state, but maintained that he was not 'worried' about the impact of US
New Delhi: Public figures are always under scanner by the paparazzi. Every move of theirs is watched and noted. While they are given special treatment wherever they go, they have also come under attack in
Jammu: Former Jammu & Kashmir Health Minister Shabir Ahmad Khan, who was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman doctor and released on bail, today attended the Assembly session here.Khan arrived in the House
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today approved a Rs 1' crore education plan, under which new universities and colleges will be set up in the state while the existing higher education system
London: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said no Prime Minister can revoke Article 370 of the Constitution granting special status to the state “without calling into question” its accession to India.Dismissing a
Jammu: Speculation mounted in political circles if Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah would go ahead with his threat to resign if the deadlock with ally Congress over new administrative units is not resolved.
New Delhi: Congress leadership met here tonight in a bid to find a way to end the stand-off with its coalition partner National Conference over setting up of new administrative units amid reports that Chief
New Delhi: The ruling coalition between the Congress and the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir may split amid indications that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was considering resigning following sharp differences between the two
Islamabad: The only possible solution to the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan is to create a situation where the “lines while in existence” become “irrelevant”, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in
Srinagar: A day after Army Chief General Bikram Singh advocated continuance of AFSPA in Jammu and Kashmir, ruling National Conference today said the controversial law had lost its relevance and should be phased out in
Jammu: Many people have died in the name of Kashmir and the state does not need more blood to be shed over it, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Wednesday.The chief minister was
Jammu: Kashmiri Pandits who left their homes and migrated to other parts of the country after militancy hit the state in the 1990s would themselves have to take a call on their return, Jammu and
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has cut down on the use of official helicopter, reducing the expenditure on it by nearly 40 per cent during the 18-month period from March 2012 to
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah yesterday congratulated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal for his party's stunning political debut by bagging 28 seats out of 70 in the Delhi Assembly
Jammu: From noting to "never underestimate the newcomer" to observing that voters "will see through crude attempts to buy support", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah did some loud thinking as assembly election results
Jammu: Opposition People's Democratic Party today alleged the Omar Abdullah government failed to connect with the masses and criticised it for not addressing economic and political aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.“Omar-led coalition
Jammu: Indian Army's Western Command chief, Lt. Gen. Philip Campose Tuesday called on Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and briefed him on security issues, a statement said."During the meeting, various issues relating to
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today accused BJP of “diverting” attention from Narendra Modi who “knowingly or unknowingly misled the people,” on a Bill on the issue of residency of women marrying
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