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Omar Abdullah to contest Jammu-Kashmir Assembly elections from Ganderbal seat

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.

Edited By: Sheenu Sharma @20sheenu Ganderbal (J&K) Published : Aug 25, 2024 15:57 IST, Updated : Aug 25, 2024 15:57 IST
Omar Abdullah to contest elections from Ganderbal seat, Jammu Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024, Jammu
Image Source : PTI (FILE) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference Omar Abdullah.

Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and vice president of National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah will contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the Ganderbal constituency. 

This announcement was made by Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, a Lok Sabha member, and Nasir Aslam Wani, NC provincial president today (August 25) in the presence of Omar Abdullah and Mian Altaf Ahmad, senior NC leader and MP from the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.

Omar Abdullah had come to Nuner village of Ganderbal district where Sayim Mustafa, a political activist joined the party. Sayim Mustafa had unsuccessfully fought the Lok Sabha election for the Srinagar seat when Syed Ruhullah Mehdi defeated Sayim among other candidates.

Sunday’s announcement about Omar Abdullah deciding to fight the Assembly elections has negated his earlier statement that he would not stand for the elections as long as Jammu and Kashmir remained a union territory.

Who is Omar Abdullah?

Omar Abdullah served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state from 2009 to 2015 and was also the president of his party. He is a three-time Lok Sabha MP and has represented the Assembly constituencies of Ganderbal (2008-2014) and Beerwah (2014-2019). He lost the 2002 Assembly elections to Qazi Mohammad Afzal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Ganderbal.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has already issued notice for the first phase of the 3-phased Assembly polls in J-K. In the first phase, 24 Assembly segments spread in the Valley and the Jammu division will go to vote on September 18.

When will J-K vote?

Voting for the second phase will take place on September 25 and for the last phase on October 1. Counting of votes will be held on October 4 and the entire poll process will be concluded by October 6.

J-K has been without an elected government since June 2018 when the BJP pulled out of the Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP coalition government. The state came under the Governor’s rule and the then-governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the Assembly.

On August 5, 2019, Article 370 was abrogated and J-K was bifurcated into two union territories of J-K and Ladakh.

(With agencies inputs)

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