Omar Abdullah was an MLA from Ganderbal from 2009 to 2014 during his first stint as chief minister. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday vacated the Budgam assembly seat, one of the two seats from where he was elected. He has retained the Ganderbal constituency, PTI reported. Jammu and Kashmir pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul announced in the House. Omar Abdullah, 54, won the Budgam seat in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir elections. He defeated People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by 18,485 votes.…
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