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: Demanding Governor rule in Jammu and Kashmir, the state unit of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) yesterday extended bandh call for another 24 hours from today. "We have decided to extend the bandh call for
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday accepted the resignation of Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo, official sources said.Abdullah had forwarded the resignaion to Governor N.N. Vohra for acceptance.Kitchloo had
Srinagar, Aug 12: Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today accepted minister of state for Home Sajad Kitchloo's resignation who maintained his innocence about Kitshtwar clashes but chose to step down pending the outcome
Srinagar, Aug 11: Terming the communal violence in Kishtwar town "unfortunate", PDP president Mehbooba Mufti accused the Jammu and Kashmir government of being a "silent spectator" to the unrest.Kishtwar has been under curfew since communal
Srinagar, Aug 11: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today accused the BJP of trying to flare up the situation in Kishtwar to polarise the population with an eye on next year's elections to
Srinagar, Aug 3: Disappointed at Parvez Rasool's non-inclusion in the playing XI of Indian cricket team in the ongoing Zimbabwe tour, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said BCCI should give him
Srinagar, July 19: Condemning the deaths due to firing by security forces in Shaida Gool village as "unacceptable", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.Immediately after
Srinagar, July 5: Jammu and Kashmir has been allotted 130 million tonne of coal block in Odisha which would be used to build a 1,000 MW thermal power project to end electricity woes of the
New Delhi, June 29: Senior BJP leader L.K. Advani Friday advised Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah not to use words like "cheating" and "deceiving" for his party's stance over the constitution's Article 370,
New Delhi, Jun 28: Against the backdrop of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah slamming him on the issue of revocation of special status to the state, senior BJP leader L K Advani today
Banihal, Jun 27: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Thursday attacked BJP for raking up the issue of special status for the state saying Article 370 was only a political issue for it to
Srinagar, June 25: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Tuesday said the UPA government at the centre was helpful and had it not been for the alliance, the mountain state would face difficulties."Whenever
Srinagar, Jun 24: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah may have differences with the Army over its stand on AFSPA, but today said he admired the forces for rescuing thousands of people from flood-ravaged
Srinagar,Jun 21: Jammu and Kashmir government today decided to forward a proposal to the Centre for rehabilitation of Jammu migrants on the pattern of Kashmiri Pandits.The decision to submit the proposal to the Centre was
Srinagar, May 28: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the tendency to view Kashmiri students with suspicion outside the state needed to be changed."Whether it is Jan 26 (Republic Day) or August
New Delhi, May 21: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who has been advocating partial withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from some parts of his state, yesterday expressed hope of finding
New Delhi, May 21 : In the wake of controversy over spot-fixing in IPL matches, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday favoured life ban on players guilty of such unethical practice."It is
New Delhi, May 20: The return of Nawaz Sharif to power was a "heartening" development for Jammu and Kashmir, says state Chief Minister Omar Abdullah who expressed the hope that India and Pakistan would soon
Srinagar, May 12: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Sunday that Kashmiris should take a cue from the voters in Pakistan and ignore future election boycott calls in the state.Omar Abdullah posted a
Srinagar, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the newly set-up state Vigilance Commission will investigate into the spurious drug scam while efforts are being made to plug loopholes in the
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