NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly generally known as Engineer Rashid, on Sunday introduced alliance between his Awami Ittehad Get together and Jamaat-e-Islami-backed candidates for the Jammu and Kashmir meeting polls.
This comes after Rashid denied claims that he acts as a ‘proxy for the BJP’, asserting that his electoral triumph within the basic elections was a mirrored image of the general public’s opposition to the Modi authorities’s ‘Naya Kashmir‘ initiative.
In an interview with PTI movies, Rashid, generally known as Engineer Rashid, stated that these accusing him of being a BJP proxy must be “ashamed of themselves,” as he considers himself the only mainstream chief to have confronted persecution from the ruling occasion.
“The individuals who accuse me of being a BJP proxy ought to really feel ashamed. I’m the one one who was victimised by the BJP. Whereas Omar and Mehbooba have been stored in SKICC for a number of months throughout the abrogation, I used to be the one MLA jailed in Tihar,” he stated.
Rashid additionally criticized former chief ministers Omar Abdullah of the Nationwide Convention (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), alleging that each failed the folks of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly within the aftermath of the central authorities’s abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
“He (Abdullah) may neither develop into (Mahatma) Gandhi nor Subash Chandra Bose and identical method Mehbooba neither grew to become (queen) Razia Sultan nor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar. They’re puppets, rubber stamps…” Rashid, who defeated Abdullah within the Baramulla Lok Sabha seats by over two lakh votes, stated.
Rashid, who was arrested by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) in 2019 on expenses associated to terror funding, was granted interim bail on September 10 to marketing campaign for the candidates of his Awami Itehad Get together till October 2.
The Lok Sabha MP expressed satisfaction within the resilience of the Kashmiri folks and attributed his victory to the work he did in Langate and the sentiment he represented on their behalf contained in the meeting.
Rashid criticised the central authorities’s actions, notably the abrogation of Article 370, saying that it was a vote in opposition to the atrocities inflicted on him and each Kashmiri.
Rashid stated that the folks’s dedication to their rights and identification stays robust, making it clear that the BJP-led authorities’s imaginative and prescient of “Naya Kashmir” is just not acceptable to them.
He expressed frustration over the Centre’s actions and questioned its motives, highlighting his private hardships and separation from his household for years.
Rashid stated that the BJP has achieved its objectives, together with the abrogation of Article 370, and warned that any collaboration with the central authorities may result in additional losses for the folks of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the meantime, he identified Omar Abdullah’s historical past of aligning with the BJP and Mehbooba’s occasion appearing as a launch pad for BJP insurance policies.
Concentrating on Abdullah, Rashid stated, “Whereas Omar performs golf and enjoys holidays overseas, he has by no means referred to as for a peaceable protest in opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.” He additionally criticised him for collaborating in rallies for leaders like Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who’s going through corruption expenses.
He referred to Abdullah because the “Prince of Gupkar,” suggesting that the chief of the ‘Gupkar alliance’ was disconnected from the bottom realities confronted by the folks.
With a political profession spanning over a decade, together with important time spent in jail, Rashid asserted his readiness to account for his actions and urged those that have “misled” the folks of Kashmir to take accountability for the continuing struggles confronted by the neighborhood.
This comes after Rashid denied claims that he acts as a ‘proxy for the BJP’, asserting that his electoral triumph within the basic elections was a mirrored image of the general public’s opposition to the Modi authorities’s ‘Naya Kashmir‘ initiative.
In an interview with PTI movies, Rashid, generally known as Engineer Rashid, stated that these accusing him of being a BJP proxy must be “ashamed of themselves,” as he considers himself the only mainstream chief to have confronted persecution from the ruling occasion.
“The individuals who accuse me of being a BJP proxy ought to really feel ashamed. I’m the one one who was victimised by the BJP. Whereas Omar and Mehbooba have been stored in SKICC for a number of months throughout the abrogation, I used to be the one MLA jailed in Tihar,” he stated.
Rashid additionally criticized former chief ministers Omar Abdullah of the Nationwide Convention (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), alleging that each failed the folks of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly within the aftermath of the central authorities’s abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019.
“He (Abdullah) may neither develop into (Mahatma) Gandhi nor Subash Chandra Bose and identical method Mehbooba neither grew to become (queen) Razia Sultan nor Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar. They’re puppets, rubber stamps…” Rashid, who defeated Abdullah within the Baramulla Lok Sabha seats by over two lakh votes, stated.
Rashid, who was arrested by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) in 2019 on expenses associated to terror funding, was granted interim bail on September 10 to marketing campaign for the candidates of his Awami Itehad Get together till October 2.
The Lok Sabha MP expressed satisfaction within the resilience of the Kashmiri folks and attributed his victory to the work he did in Langate and the sentiment he represented on their behalf contained in the meeting.
Rashid criticised the central authorities’s actions, notably the abrogation of Article 370, saying that it was a vote in opposition to the atrocities inflicted on him and each Kashmiri.
Rashid stated that the folks’s dedication to their rights and identification stays robust, making it clear that the BJP-led authorities’s imaginative and prescient of “Naya Kashmir” is just not acceptable to them.
He expressed frustration over the Centre’s actions and questioned its motives, highlighting his private hardships and separation from his household for years.
Rashid stated that the BJP has achieved its objectives, together with the abrogation of Article 370, and warned that any collaboration with the central authorities may result in additional losses for the folks of Jammu and Kashmir.
In the meantime, he identified Omar Abdullah’s historical past of aligning with the BJP and Mehbooba’s occasion appearing as a launch pad for BJP insurance policies.
Concentrating on Abdullah, Rashid stated, “Whereas Omar performs golf and enjoys holidays overseas, he has by no means referred to as for a peaceable protest in opposition to the abrogation of Article 370.” He additionally criticised him for collaborating in rallies for leaders like Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who’s going through corruption expenses.
He referred to Abdullah because the “Prince of Gupkar,” suggesting that the chief of the ‘Gupkar alliance’ was disconnected from the bottom realities confronted by the folks.
With a political profession spanning over a decade, together with important time spent in jail, Rashid asserted his readiness to account for his actions and urged those that have “misled” the folks of Kashmir to take accountability for the continuing struggles confronted by the neighborhood.
