SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah submitted Thursday his nomination papers from Budgam in central Kashmir, choosing to contest from two constituencies in the J&K assembly elections. The day before, he had filed his papers for the family stronghold of Ganderbal, where the race intensified with some contestants apparently complicating matters for Omar.Both…
NEW DELHI: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that forming a pre-poll alliance with Congress for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir was a challenging decision for the party. He added that to ally, the party had to “sacrifice” many seats where it believed it had a chance of…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah will contest from Ganderbal constituency in central Kashmir, sources said Tuesday, after the former CM acknowledged that it was a “mistake” to earlier announce that he would abstain from assembly elections until J&K’s full statehood was restored.“I have realised that how the people could cast their vote…
NEW DELHI: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Sunday took a shot at People’s Democratic Party leader Mehbooba Mufti on her proposal to support the National Conference and Congress alliance in the upcoming J&K assembly elections, if they agree upon her party’s agenda. Abdullah asked Mehbooba to not field candidates against NC-Congress as their agenda…
SRINAGAR: A day after National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah announced a pre-poll alliance with Congress for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, NC vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Friday that agreement for a majority of seats has been reached while consensus on some seats is yet to be formed.Omar’s remarks came as he accompanied…
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah Monday said his party would fight for the restoration of political and legal status of Jammu & Kashmir and promised 200 units of free power if his party wins the Assembly polls. Omar, while unveiling NC’s poll manifesto here on Monday, also promised to ensure the return of Kashmiri…
