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, Nov 24: Allaying fears of Army on the issue of revocation of AFSPA, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the state government could consider restoring two provisions of CrPC to make them
Anantnag, Nov 21: Raising the pitch from opposition PDP's bastion for phased revocation of AFSPA, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was on the “right track” and that his efforts will
Jammu, Nov 17 : BJP on Wednesday alleged the debate sparked by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of the state is aimed
New Delhi, Nov 15: Wrapping up his “productive” visit to the national capital, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had a meeting with Army chief General V K Singh this morning during which the
New Delhi, Nov 14 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh amid the on-going controversy over the issue of withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act from
New Delhi, Nov 13: Ahead of his meeting with the Prime Minister on the Armed Forces Special Powers Act issue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today met Defence Minister A K Antony and
Srinagar, Nov 10: A day after holding discussions with the army on the possibility of partial revocation of AFSPA, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today appeared defiant saying his government has the authority to revoke the
Srinagar, Nov 9: The entry of Swami Agnivesh into the house of Bigg Boss has attracted the attention of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. “Swami Agnivesh going into the BigBoss house. I did
Jammu, Nov 9: Holding that the government has to have courage to take a decision on the issue of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today questioned the
Srinagar, Oct 26: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said withdrawal of the Armed Forces pecial Power Act (AFSPA) from certain areas of the state was in no way an effort to undermine
Srinagar, Oct 21 : The Armed Forces Special Powers Act and the Disturbed Areas Act will be revoked from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir within the next few days, Chief Minster Omar Abdullah today
Srinagar, Oct 17: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today downplayed the defeat of its coalition partner Congress in Hisar Lok Sabha bypoll saying Team Anna should have chosen a constituency where the party
Srinagar, Oct 8: In a sharp counter-attack against opposition PDP, J and K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today dubbed the party as “utterly irresponsible” and told it bluntly that he was not “going to be
Srinagar, Oct 6: Facing a political storm over the custodial death of a political worker, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ruled out his resignation or giving up the Home portfolio.Omar also said he
Srinagar, Oct 3: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he has “no hesitation” in presenting himself before a judicial inquiry that is to go into the death of a National Conference worker
Srinagar, Oct 1: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is in deep trouble after a National Conference sympathiser who was described as a ‘tout' died in police custody, after he was taken away from
Srinagar, Sep 30: Under opposition attack, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today tendered an unconditional apology for revealing the names of rape victims in the last five years in the state Assembly. “I
Srinagar, Sep 28: Apparently irked over the British Parliament's move to discuss alleged rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said some of the western countries were indulging in grave
Srinagar, September 27: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday announced that his government will perform DNA profiling of the bodies buried in unmarked graves in the State.“The relatives of missing persons should
Srinagar, Sep 27: AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today met Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here and discussed the functioning of the Congress-NC coalition government in the state.“Rahul and Omar had a breakfast
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