- विज्ञापन -
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday gave its consent to permit jailed Kashmiri leader Abdul Rashid Sheikh to take oath as MP. He is also known as Engineer Rashid. He won the election from Baramulla to take oath as an MP on July 5 in Parliament.
Conditions such as not interacting with the media have been posed by the counsel of NIA. It is expected that he will take oath as MP on July 5 in Parliament.
Rashid had won the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections from the Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was unable to take oath during the official ceremony in the 18th Lok Sabha as he is currently jailed.
He won the elections from Baramulla while he was in custody in an NIA case. Rashid had sought interim bail or custody parole for taking oath as a Lok Sabha MP. NIA has permitted Engineer Rashid to take oath but Patiala house court will pass an order on Rashid’s bail plea tomorrow.
He has been in custody for the last five years in a terror funding case lodged by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He defeated former chief minster Omar Abdullah from the Baramulla in the recent general elections.
