NEW DELHI: As other politicians and party members switched on their televisions to see the assembly election results on Tuesday morning, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah went on a 7km run. Posting some selfies on X, he wrote: "Counting day 7K done. Last time around it didn’t end well for me personally.
InshaAllah this time around it will be better." It was indeed better for him this time. Just few months ago, Omar Abdullah contested Lok Sabha elections but lost the Lok Sabha elections to jailed Engineer Rashid from Baramulla constituency.
This time, however, things have changed for both Omar Abdullah and his party. The NC leader, who initially refused to contest assembly elections till statehood of Jammu and Kashmir was restored, finally threw his hat in the race and contested from two seats. For the better part of the last five years, the 54-year-old former Union minister had ruled out his participation in the assembly polls in a Union territory set up.
He had gone to the extent of saying that he would not humiliate himself by entering the Vidhan Sabha of a Union Territory. Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 L + W Majority: 46 BJP 49 CONG 36 INLD 2 AAP 0 OTH 3 Leads + Wins : 90 / 90 BJP LEADING Jammu & Kashmir Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 L + W Majority: 46 JKNC 42 BJP 29 CONG 6 PDP 3 OTH 10 Leads + Wins : 90 / 90 JKNC LEADING Source: PValue On the state level, his pa.
