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, Aug 31: Jammu and Kahmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today stirred another hornets' nest by questioning whether a resolution by J and K assembly seeking mercy for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on the
Srinagar, Aug 28: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the ending of fast by Anna Hazare was a victory for people's power and showed the resilience of parliamentary democracy.“It is a victory
Jammu, Aug 18: Asserting that Prime Minister should not fall under the ambit of Lokpal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said Parliament is supreme and asked the civil society to trust its
Srinagar, July 28: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said Pakistan will have to talk to mainstream politicians also if the leadership of Jammu and Kashmir is to be included in dialogue between New Delhi and
Srinagar, Jul 14: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today lashed out at BJP for blaming Pakistan for the serial attacks in Mumbai saying it should wait for the investigations to be completed. “I
New Delhi, Jun 29 : Omar Abdullah will serve his full term of six years as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here today. “We had an arrangement with Omar
New Delhi, June 7: "My father is a better dancer than Sushma Swaraj"—Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted today as the BJP leader's controversial dance at the Rajghat continued to draw comments.Omar's father,
Srinagar, Jun 5 : Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the initial decision of the central government to turn Baba Ramdev back from the Delhi airport on June 1 should have been
Srinagar, June 4: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said Baba Ramdev's concerns about corruption and black money were legitimate, but his demands for ending the fast were "unrealistic"."Concerns about corruption and black
Srinagar, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that hardline Hurriyat Conference leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani was losing the feel of the people's pulse in Kashmir by calling for funeral
Jammu, Apr 14 : Asserting that there is no alternative to a sustained dialogue, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said that if cricket diplomacy helps in giving a forward push to talks
Srinagar, Apr 9: Noting that people's power was not only about "three nights of candles and music", Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was amused to see the sort of people
Srinagar, Feb 19: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has extended support to an Internet campaign seeking release of abducted Malkangiri District Collector R V Krishna. Omar extended his support for release of the
Srinagar, Feb 17: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today rubbished a news report in a local daily that his tweets about his engagements could be a breach of security norms."I have full faith
Jammu, Feb 13 : BJP today accused Omar Abdullah government of harbouring a land mafia, in which ministers,bureaucrats and police officers were involved in land grabbings and no action was taken against them. "Is it
Jammu, Dec 2 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah complained to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh against Army's public criticism of him and his government following which Northern Army commander Lt Gen B S
Bhopal , Nov 2 : Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that if his Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah has questioned the merger of Kashmir with India , he should quit his post."If
Srinagar, Oct 25 (PTI) Supporting Centre-appointed interlocutors for their comments on involving Pakistan, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said the neighbouring country has a role in Jammu and Kashmir which cannot be ignored."Nothing what the
New Delhi, Oct 17 : Attacking Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his statement that the state has not merged with India but acceded to it, senior BJP leader L K Advani today
New Delhi Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said the three-month civil unrest in the Kashmir Valley is a "cross" he will have to bear for the rest of his life.As the Valley
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