Congress reacts to Omar Abdullah's EVM advice, asks him to check facts
India | December 16, 2024 17:39 ISTSenior Congress parliamentarian Manickam Tagore posted on X and called out the change in Abdullah's tone after becoming the CM.
Senior Congress parliamentarian Manickam Tagore posted on X and called out the change in Abdullah's tone after becoming the CM.
Omar Abdullah on EVMs: Congress has expressed concerns regarding the infallibility of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and questioned the election outcome following its losses in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls.
The development comes as uproar continued in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly for the third day on Friday as BJP members protested over the special status resolution, leading the Speaker to marshal out 12 opposition MLAs and Langate legislator Sheikh Khurshid.
Omar Abdullah met Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the first time since assuming office as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
The National Conference (NC) emerged as the single-largest party in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls held in September and October. The NC won 42 out of the 90 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) with 29 seats is the second-largest party.
The newly elected members of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly were administered oath on Monday by pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah took oath as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, heading the first elected government in the Union territory since 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated.
The NC has emerged as the single largest party with 42 seats as results of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls were declared on October 8. The party is comfortably placed to form the government as its alliance with Congress and CPI(M) got 49 seats in the 90-member house.
The NC-Congress alliance was a landslide success, with the NC winning 42 seats and the Congress six. Meanwhile, the BJP improved its performance and won 29 seats.
Earlier, Omar Abdullah won Budgam seat in Jammu and Kashmir by defeating Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party's (JKPDP) Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi with a margin of 18,485 votes.
Omar Abdullah was declared the winner from the Budgam constituency after the conclusion of 13 rounds of counting. With just one round of counting to go, Abdullah secured 32,344 votes which was 16,294 more than Mehdi's 16,050 votes.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: The second phase of elections is particularly significant as it will determine the fate of 239 candidates, including former Chief Minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah, contesting from both Budgam and Ganderbal.
BJP leader Devender Singh Rana claimed that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah sought an alliance with the BJP after the 2014 elections, challenging Abdullah's denials.
Mehbooba asserted that the PDP has never contested elections for the lust of power, but rather the party has always maintained to keep the party’s agenda intact and atop.
Earlier on Wednesday, Omar filed nomination papers from the Ganderbal assembly seat making him the first candidate from across Jammu and Kashmir, who will be contesting on two seats in the upcoming assembly elections.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah suggests he may run in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, reconsidering his earlier stance amid a new seat-sharing agreement with Congress.
National Conference (NC) is seen as one of the front-runners in the Jammu and Kashmir elections 2024 after it formed a pre-poll alliance with Congress. NC under the Abdullah family's leadership electorally performed very well as the three generations of the Abdullah family ruled the state.
Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: NC leaders asked Abdullah to reconsider his decision to not contest the assembly elections. Party workers chanted slogans asking him to contest elections from Ganderbal, the family bastion of the Abdullahs.
J-K elections 2024: Polling to elect 90 members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will take place in three phases. The elections will be held on September 18, September 25 and October 1.
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