India, Dec. 6 -- Omar Abdullah became the first chief minister of the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir last year after winning a decisive victory in the first assembly elections in the restive region in a decade. This completed a remarkable political arc that had seen him being detained, alongside other political leaders, in August 2019 when the Union government scrapped Article 370 and bifurcated the erstwhile state. The National Conference leader, who was one of the youngest chief ministers in India when he first took oath in 2009, has restored the Darbar move, become the most vocal proponent for the restoration of full statehood, and a brand ambassador-of-sorts for Jammu & Kashmir.
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