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Farooq Abdullah
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Farooq Abdullah
Farooq Abdullah is the chairman of Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. He is the father of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah.Abdullah was elected to the Lok Sabha unopposed from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in the 1980 elections and was elected as the President of National Conference in August 1981 -- he secured the top position in the party since his father Sheikh Abdullah was the National Conference Party leader. He became the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir for the first time in 1982, after his father's demise. He has been at the helm of the state's affairs multiple time since. In 2002, he was elected as a member of Rajya Sabha. He was a Cabinet Minister in the UPA government. His son, Omar Abdullah is the present Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Abdullah was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2002 from Jammu and Kashmir and was re-elected in 2009. He resigned from the Rajya Sabha in May 2009, after contesting and winning from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency after which he joined the UPA government as a Cabinet Minister of New and Renewable Energy. He again contested the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 General Election, but was defeated by the PDP candidate Tariq Hameed Karra. In 2017, he won the Srinagar parliamentary seat by defeating Nazir Ahmed Khan from the People's Democratic Party.
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Opposition leaders meets CEC, submits memorandum for early polls in J&K
Veteran politician from Jammu and Kashmir and Lok Sabha member Farooq Abdullah led a delegation of leaders from Opposition ...| March 16, 2023, Thursday -
J&K integral part of India: Abdullah demands restoration of statehood
National Conference President Farooq Abdullah on Saturday stressed again that Jammu and Kashmir is an intergral part of the india ...| March 12, 2023, Sunday -
Hold elections in J&K if situation is normal: Farooq Abdullah to Centre
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre should hold the assembly elections in Jammu and ...| February 22, 2023, Wednesday -
Reducing Army presence in J-K prerogative of government: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday said reducing the Army footprint in Jammu and Kashmir was a prerogative ...| February 20, 2023, Monday -
Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra aims to unite country: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra was meant ...| January 25, 2023, Wednesday -
Terrorism in J-K can be finished only by dialogue with Pak: Farooq Abdullah
Terrorism is alive in Jammu and Kashmir and can only be finished by holding dialogue with Pakistan, National Conference president ...| January 20, 2023, Friday -
LIVE: Wrestlers meets Sports Minister Anurag Thakur's for talks again
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J-K can't develop until democratic rights are guaranteed: Farooq Abdullah
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has said the idea of all-round development of the people of Jammu and Kashmir will ...| December 11, 2022, Sunday -
Farooq Abdullah re-elected as NC chief after presidential polls were held
Former chief minister and Lok Sabha member, Dr. Farooq Abdullah was re-elected unopposed as the president of the National ...| December 05, 2022, Monday -
Farooq Abdullah to join Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra in J-K
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah will join the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi when it reaches ...| November 21, 2022, Monday