From dealing with defeat within the Lok Sabha polls in June to scripting historical past 4 months later as the primary chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir after an emphatic victory within the meeting elections, it has been fairly a experience for Omar Abdullah.
Abdullah, 54, was sworn in as chief minister on Wednesday, marking the start of his second stint and the third era of the influential Abdullah clan — after his grandfather Sheikh Abdullah and father Farooq Abdullah — in energy.
The Nationwide Convention (NC) vp served as chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2009-14.
In a decisive win within the latest meeting elections, the NC gained 42 of the 90 seats that went to polls. It is pre-poll alliance associate Congress gained six. Collectively, the 2 allies have a majority within the 95-member meeting — 5 members are to be nominated by the lieutenant governor.
5 Independents and the lone AAP MLA have additionally prolonged help to the NC-Congress alliance.
In June, Abdullah endured an embarrassing defeat within the Lok Sabha elections, shedding Baramulla seat to Unbiased candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly referred to as Engineer Rashid, by greater than 2 lakh votes.
Whereas different events have been busy gearing up for the meeting polls, Abdullah introduced he would sit out of the competition until the Centre restores statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. He quickly modified his stance and the NC fielded him from not one however two seats — Budgam and Ganderbal. He gained each by snug margins.
Along with his father and NC president Farooq Abdullah easing into retirement, many have been of the view that this election would outline the way forward for the political profession of junior Abdullah.
Following the abrogation of Article 370 of the Structure and reorganisation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories in August 2019, there was an upsurge in help for the NC, with a big chunk of voters throwing their weight behind the oldest political get together of the area.
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha administered the oath of workplace and secrecy to Omar Abdullah on Wednesday.
5 ministers — Sakina Masood (Itoo), Javed Dar, Javed Rana, Surinder Choudhary, and Satish Sharma — additionally took the oath of workplace. Whereas Itoo and Dar are from the Kashmir Valley, Rana, Choudhary and Sharma are from the Jammu area.
The Congress mentioned it is not going to be a part of the council of ministers for the second.
Abdullah turning into the primary chief minister of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir isn’t the one first of his political profession.
The MBA dropout from the College of Strathclyde took the electoral plunge in 1998 and was elected to the twelfth Lok Sabha on the age of 28, turning into the youngest member of the Decrease Home.
He was elected once more in 1999 and served as minister of state for Industries and Commerce after which MoS Exterior Affairs in 2000, solely to resign from the council of ministers following the Godhra carnage.
After his father handed him the baton, Abdullah misplaced the meeting polls from the household bastion of Ganderbal in 2002 to little-known candidate Qazi Mohammad Afzal. He was once more elected to the Lok Sabha in 2004.
Afzal’s resolution because the then forest minister to switch forest land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board in 2008 sparked large protests. Seizing the chance, Abdullah made a career-defining speech within the Lok Sabha throughout a dialogue on the state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.
In meeting elections held on the finish of 2008, he wrested Ganderbal and the NC emerged as the only largest get together. He turned the chief minister on the age of 38 — one of many youngest within the nation — and headed the coalition authorities with the Congress.
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