Jammu, April 13 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice President of the National Conference Omar Abdullah will be locking horns with the Chairman of the Peoples' Conference Sajad Lone from North Kashmir's Baramulla Lok Sabha seat.
Omar will be taking the Lok Sabha route after a gap of 20 long years. After the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, the NC vice president announced he would not contest assembly elections unless J-K's statehood was restored.
Earlier, Omar contested and won the Lok Sabha polls from Srinagar constituency in 2004.
The PDP, which stood at a distant fourth place in the 2019 elections, has fielded former Rajya Sabha MP Fayaz Mir.
Along with Omar the National Conference has fielded Shia leader Aga ...