Omar Abdullah Concedes Defeat In Baramulla
National Conference (NC) vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah conceded defeat to the independent candidate Engineer Rashid. He on X wrote that it is time to accept the inevitable as the votes have spoken.
“I think it’s time to accept the inevitable. Congratulations to Engineer Rashid for his victory in North Kashmir. I don’t believe his victory will hasten his release from prison nor will the people of North Kashmir get the representation they have a right to but the voters have spoken and in a democracy that’s all that matters,” Omar Abdullah tweeted after he was defeated by Engineer Rashid in Baramulla.
I think it’s time to accept the inevitable. Congratulations to Engineer Rashid for his victory in North Kashmir. I don’t believe his victory will hasten his release from prison nor will the people of North Kashmir get the representation they have a right to but the voters have…
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 4, 2024
According to the latest data, former Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and current, National Conference (NC) vice-president, Omar Abdullah is trailing in Baramulla. Abullah is trailing by 144375 votes against his close rival and independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid (Engineer Rashid).
Baramulla is witnessing a multi-polar contest between PC’s Sajad Gani Lone, PDP’s Fayaz Ahmad Mir and independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh.
The Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency covers 18 Assembly segments and spread across four districts, Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora (north Kashmir), and Budgam (central Kashmir). Since 1971, NC has won the constituency nine times, the Congress twice, and the PDP once.
The Abdullahs always contested from Srinagar constituency, advancing their party National Conference”s (NC) hold in Central Kashmir. In the first polls in Jammu and Kashmir after reading down of Article 370, Omar Abdullah chose Baramulla over their family bastion, Srinagar.
In 2019, Omar Abdullah, his father along with many other political leaders were place under house arrest following abrogation of Article 370 and state got split into two Union Territories. In February 2020, he was charged with the Public Safety Act (PSA) and later revoked the detention orders in late March.
