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Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail , a day after a court here granted him interim bail till October 2 in a terror funding case so that he can campaign in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls.
Rashid has been in jail since 2019 following his arrest by the National Investigation Agency under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the 2017 terror funding case.
“Rashid was released from the jail at 4.15 pm,” said a senior prison official. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Baramulla.
Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections are scheduled to be held in three phases — September 18, September 25 and October 1.
Addressing the media , Rashid hit out at the Modi government . He pledged to continue his political fight, focusing on what he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s failed narrative of “Naya Kashmir.”
“I will not let down my people. I take a pledge that I will fight PM Modi’s narrative of ‘Naya Kashmir,’ which has totally failed. People have rejected whatever he did on August 5, 2019,” Rashid said, referring to the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370.
Rashid, who defeated former chief minister Omar Abdullah in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, said his fight was for the people, not for power.
“My fight is bigger than what Omar Abdullah says. His fight is for the chair, my fight is for the people,” he declared.
The results will be declared on October 8. Rashid’s outfit Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) is contesting the assembly elections.
