Omar Abdullah to be next J&K Chief Minister, says NC Chief Farooq Abdullah

Omar Abdullah will be the next Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said National Conference (NC) Chief Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday.

"People have given their mandate, they have proven that they don't accept the decision that was taken on August 5...Omar Abdullah will be the chief minister."

Omar Abdullah won the Budgam seat by defeating PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by more than 18,000 votes.


Following the Election Commission's data that showed that the pre-poll alliance of Congress and National Conference have crossed the halfway mark in Jammu and Kashmir, the workers of JNKC sang and celebrated in Srinagar.

As per the latest EC data, JKNC has won 3 seats and is leading on 39 so far while Congress is leading on 6 seats.

Trichy Congress president L Rex distributed Kashmiri apples among the people and busts crackers to celebrate the J&K Assembly election trends.

J-K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra and workers of the party also celebrated at the party office in Srinagar.

The voting results will decide the electoral fate of several former ministers including Tara Chand, Muzaffar Baig, Raman Bhalla, Basharat Bukha along with Omar Abdullah, Ravinder Raina, Yousuf Tarigami and several others.