NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly often called Engineer Rashid, walked out of Tihar jail a day after he was granted interim bail by a Delhi courtroom to marketing campaign for the J&Ok meeting elections, whilst his plea for normal bail was on Wednesday deferred to Oct 5.
Rashid, who heads the Awami Ittehad Get together (AIP), has been in jail since 2019 beneath UAPA in a 2017 terror funding case.
The courtroom of further periods decide Chander Jit Singh had granted interim bail to Rashid on a number of situations, which included not chatting with the media concerning the case, chatting with the investigation officer on alternate days by way of video-conference, and never tampering with proof or influencing witnesses.
His launch to take part within the ballot marketing campaign appears to have rattled mainstream events in Kashmir, whilst Rashid focused each BJP and Nationwide Convention (NC) after popping out of jail. Speaking to reporters, he vowed to struggle in opposition to PM Narendra Modi’s “narrative of naya Kashmir”, and took a dig at NC vice-president Omar Abdullah, saying he was solely involved about coming to energy.
“PM Modi’s narrative of ‘naya Kashmir’ has miserably failed. That was proved by the individuals of my constituency on June 4. The vote for me was really a referendum in opposition to Modi’s narrative… I’ll struggle in opposition to his narrative of ‘naya Kashmir’ and for the peaceable decision of the Kashmir issue until my final breath,” he mentioned.
Replying to a query about Omar, Engineer Rashid mentioned Omar was preventing for the chair whereas his struggle “is for my individuals”. “My struggle is way larger than what Omar Abdullah is preventing for. There’s a distinction between spending 5 years in London and spending this time in Tihar jail, the place prisoners crave for medical consideration,” mentioned the Baramulla MP, who had defeated Omar within the parliamentary polls by over two lakh votes.
Rashid mentioned he would go to the individuals to unite them, and to not divide them. “If that’s against the law, I’m proud to commit this crime many times. If I must spend my whole life in Tihar for this crime, I’m prepared,” he mentioned. “I gained’t exploit my individuals. Let youth research, businessmen do enterprise; go away politics to us.”
BJP’s election in-charge for J&Ok, Ram Madhav, strongly responded to Rashid’s anti-Modi rhetoric. “This rank separatist, in jail for the final 5 years beneath UAPA for indulging in anti-India actions, is out on bail to additional vitiate Valley politics. Take a look at the language… anti-Modi rants, restoring Article 370, liberating terrorists from jails… no totally different from what Omar or Mehbooba and even others… — the Gupkar Gang — are saying. He desires to defeat Modi’s dream of ‘naya Kashmir’. We settle for the problem. Naya Kashmir’s march will go on unrelentingly,” Madhav mentioned in a put up on X.
Reacting to Er Rashid’s launch, Omar and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti insinuated that he and his social gathering had been being propelled by BJP to weaken the mainstream events in Kashmir.
Speaking to reporters in Kupwara, Omar mentioned, “When Arvind Kejriwal was allowed to marketing campaign, they (BJP) opposed the transfer and questioned how an individual could possibly be launched from jail for electioneering, however immediately they welcomed the discharge of Er Rashid.”
Mehbooba mentioned Rashid’s launch raised doubts, and puzzled how AIP appeared to don’t have any dearth of cash even when its chief was behind the bars, whereas her social gathering was struggling to fund marketing campaign rallies. “I’m stunned to see AIP finishing up enormous rallies in automobiles. Who’s funding AIP?” she requested, whereas chatting with reporters in Shopian.
Rashid, who heads the Awami Ittehad Get together (AIP), has been in jail since 2019 beneath UAPA in a 2017 terror funding case.
The courtroom of further periods decide Chander Jit Singh had granted interim bail to Rashid on a number of situations, which included not chatting with the media concerning the case, chatting with the investigation officer on alternate days by way of video-conference, and never tampering with proof or influencing witnesses.
His launch to take part within the ballot marketing campaign appears to have rattled mainstream events in Kashmir, whilst Rashid focused each BJP and Nationwide Convention (NC) after popping out of jail. Speaking to reporters, he vowed to struggle in opposition to PM Narendra Modi’s “narrative of naya Kashmir”, and took a dig at NC vice-president Omar Abdullah, saying he was solely involved about coming to energy.
“PM Modi’s narrative of ‘naya Kashmir’ has miserably failed. That was proved by the individuals of my constituency on June 4. The vote for me was really a referendum in opposition to Modi’s narrative… I’ll struggle in opposition to his narrative of ‘naya Kashmir’ and for the peaceable decision of the Kashmir issue until my final breath,” he mentioned.
Replying to a query about Omar, Engineer Rashid mentioned Omar was preventing for the chair whereas his struggle “is for my individuals”. “My struggle is way larger than what Omar Abdullah is preventing for. There’s a distinction between spending 5 years in London and spending this time in Tihar jail, the place prisoners crave for medical consideration,” mentioned the Baramulla MP, who had defeated Omar within the parliamentary polls by over two lakh votes.
Rashid mentioned he would go to the individuals to unite them, and to not divide them. “If that’s against the law, I’m proud to commit this crime many times. If I must spend my whole life in Tihar for this crime, I’m prepared,” he mentioned. “I gained’t exploit my individuals. Let youth research, businessmen do enterprise; go away politics to us.”
BJP’s election in-charge for J&Ok, Ram Madhav, strongly responded to Rashid’s anti-Modi rhetoric. “This rank separatist, in jail for the final 5 years beneath UAPA for indulging in anti-India actions, is out on bail to additional vitiate Valley politics. Take a look at the language… anti-Modi rants, restoring Article 370, liberating terrorists from jails… no totally different from what Omar or Mehbooba and even others… — the Gupkar Gang — are saying. He desires to defeat Modi’s dream of ‘naya Kashmir’. We settle for the problem. Naya Kashmir’s march will go on unrelentingly,” Madhav mentioned in a put up on X.
Reacting to Er Rashid’s launch, Omar and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti insinuated that he and his social gathering had been being propelled by BJP to weaken the mainstream events in Kashmir.
Speaking to reporters in Kupwara, Omar mentioned, “When Arvind Kejriwal was allowed to marketing campaign, they (BJP) opposed the transfer and questioned how an individual could possibly be launched from jail for electioneering, however immediately they welcomed the discharge of Er Rashid.”
Mehbooba mentioned Rashid’s launch raised doubts, and puzzled how AIP appeared to don’t have any dearth of cash even when its chief was behind the bars, whereas her social gathering was struggling to fund marketing campaign rallies. “I’m stunned to see AIP finishing up enormous rallies in automobiles. Who’s funding AIP?” she requested, whereas chatting with reporters in Shopian.
