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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Speaking in the Assembly, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah demanded that the government give a clarification on Dineshwar Sharma's mandate.
Surjewala's remarks came after the prime minister flew by a seaplane from the Sabarmati river front in Ahmedabad to about 180 km Dharoi in Mehsana district on the last day of the election campaign in Gujarat.
Earlier today, Shandilya announced a bounty of Rs 21 lakh prize for cutting Farooq Abdullah’s tongue, saying he has “insulted” the country with his pro-Pakistan remarks and was speaking “against” the RSS.
In a series of tweets, Abdullah wrote, "Don't know who killed #Arushi & will probably never know but what I do know is the police made a total dogs breakfast of the investigation (sic)," suggesting that the probe was a complete mess.
Omar was reacting to a tweet that said that no journalist had any clue about what Modi and Shah were planning on the reshuffle that took place this morning.
Omar also expressed surprise over the statement made by a senior security force official about the situation in the affected areas in Haryana.
PM Modi, in his Independence Day speech, asserted that his government is committed to restoring the lost glory of Kashmir and its status as 'heaven on earth'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Kashmir outreach today was welcomed in Jammu and Kashmir.
Omar remarks came after AG KK Venugopal recently told SC that Centre wanted a larger debate on Article 35A which provides special rights and privileges to the people of J&K.
The BJP, the leading party at the Centre, is a partner in the ruling coalition government in J&K with the PDP.
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Mehbooba Mufti today said the "failure" of the previous Omar Abdullah government to deal with the issue of stone-pelting had led to the unrest last year and the situation in the Valley at present.
It's a BJP "tsunami" in Uttar Pradesh and not a ripple in a small pond, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah today said and advised the opposition to forget 2019 and start planning for the 2024 general elections.
Politician Omar Abdullah has defended star couple Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan who were trolled for naming their son Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi. The former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister in a tweet
Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah sparked a row on Thursday by saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ministers were provoking Pakistan to launch terror attacks like in Nagrota town where seven soldiers
Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah today accused both the central and state governments of failing to provide a peaceful environment in the border state.
former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has asked the Centre to explain its Pakistan policy to the nation after seven army personnel were killed by terrorists in Nagrota.
Omar Abdullah today said Kashmir is a "political issue" and needs a "political solution" for heralding lasting peace in the state.
The separatist Hurriyat Conference today condemned former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for criticising its chairman Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and accused his party of playing its “old tricks” of creating suspicion in the minds of
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had to spend two hours at the airport upon his arrival in New York as US authorities subjected him to "random secondary immigration check". However, 46-year-old Omar
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today hit out at militants for targeting the Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI), saying the ultras don’t want young Kashmiri boys and girls to stand on their feet.
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