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: The BJP says that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has panicked ahead of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's December 1 rally. The party claimed that Omar has panicked because of Modi's growing
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday alleged that opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) was secretly in contact with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi."Secret meetings of PDP leader Mufti
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday alleged that opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) was secretly in contact with Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi."Secret meetings of PDP leader Mufti
Jammu: Government should take steps to give CBI a ‘constitutional shape' in the wake of the Gauhati High Court order, as it has serious implications for the “very important agency,” Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday ruled out any future alliance between his National Conference (NC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).Addressing workers of the National Conference
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Monday that there may be a Modi effect vis-a-vis the BJP but there was no Modi wave in the country.Addressing the media here, Abdullah said the
Srinagar: With no reports of fresh ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) on Saturday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today expressed hope that the calm in the
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said ex-army chief V.K. Singh's allegations have put state politicians in a very difficult position.He asserted that the allegations should be thoroughly probed.After his arrival here
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that his state only acceded, and never merged with India. He was speaking to a European Union delegation here. Omar Abdullah said J&K's accession
Jammu: National Conference today said the reported tapping of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's phone by army's intelligence unit during former army chief General V K Singh's tenure was a breach of national
Srinagar: Congress' Jammu and Kashmir chief Saifuddin Soz today sought a probe into allegations that former army chief V.K. Singh used security funds to in an attempt to topple the Omar Abdullah government in 2010.”Those
New Delhi: Under attack over the purported activities of a secret intelligence unit set up by him, former Army Chief Gen V K Singh today hit back as “motivated” the charges against him as a
Jammu: Expressing anguish over the Jammu and Kashmir government's "failure" to give due benefit to Sikhs, Shiromani Akati Dal (SAD) National yesterday demanded extension of the National Minority Act, 1992 to the state and reservation
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said National Conference (NC) is not a mere political party, but a movement with well-defined political agenda for a modern and model state."NC is a
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said he would step down and offer support of his 28 National Conference legislators to People's Democratic Party (PDP) if its patron Mufti Muhammad Sayeed would
New Delhi: Rakshabandhan- the day which gives every brother an opportunity to show how much he cares for his sister and for every sister, it gives a moment to reflect upon her brother that how
New Delhi: Dynastic politics is becoming more the norm than exceptions in the corridors of Indian polity. Indian politics has witnessed a large number of politicians who have reposed faith more in their offsprings than
New Delhi: BJP yesterday criticised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his statement on "differential treatment" to Kashmir that fuelled alienation among its people, saying it is "unfortunate" and should not be made
Srinagar: Pained by the criticism over the communal violence in Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday demanded to know why Kashmiris were treated differently.After taking the salute and hoisting the tricolour at
New Delhi: Hailing from the first family of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah has inherited the qualities of leading a state from his father Farooq Abdullah who is the former Chief Minister of J&K
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