NC announces candidates
Omar to fight from Baramulla, Ruhullah Mehdi from Srinagar
Srinagar, Apr 12 (KNO): National Conference on Friday announced that former chief minister Omar Abdullah will fight from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat and Aga Ruhullah Mehdi from Srinagar constituency.
As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO),the party today announced that Omar will fight from Baramulla Lok Sabha where he will be locked in a direct contest with Peoples Conference president Sajad Gani Lone.
The party also said that Aga Ruhullah Mehdi will fight from Srinagar Lok Sabha segment.
Omar joined politics in 1998 as a Lok Sabha member from Srinagar. He was again elected to Lok Sabha in 1999 and 2004 .He also served as a minister in Atal Bihari Vajaypee government.
Omar lost 2002 state polls to PDP’s Qazi Afzal from Ganderbal, considered bastion of Abdullah’s. In 2008 polls, he won from the Ganderbal segment. In the 2014 Assembly polls, Omar fought from two segments. He was defeated by PDP’s Muhammad Ashraf Mir from Sonawar segment but won by a narrow margin against Nazir Ahmad Khan from Beerwah seat.
An influential Shia leader from Budgam, Aga Ruhullah Mehdi is a three-time legislator—(KNO)
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