Updated On: 21 October, 2024 07:40 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Omar Abdullah had won both the Budgam and Ganderbal seats in the recently held Jammu-Kashmir Assembly polls. He won the Budgam seat by a margin of 18,485 votes against PDP's Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi. In Ganderbal, he defeated PDP's Bashir Ahmed Mir by 10,574 votes

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Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister (CM) Omar Abdullah has resigned from the Budgam Assembly seat but will retain the Ganderbal constituency, a stronghold of the National Conference (NC), announced Pro-tem Speaker Mubarak Gul in the House on Monday.
Ajaz Jan, the National Conference Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Poonch, also confirmed this decision, reported news agency ANI.