New Delhi, May 5 -- As the assembly election results for four states - West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and one union territory, Puducherry - were trickling in on 1 May, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said the aftershocks would be felt far and wide for a long time.

"Probably all the way up to 2029," the National Conference leader, one of the prominent members of the opposition INDIA bloc, said.

In his remarks, Abdullah described the developments in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu as a "political earthquake."

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