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How & why J&K rejected ex-militants & separatists who contested polls as Independents

New Delhi: The people of Jammu and Kashmir have rejected separatists and former militants who contested the assembly elections as Independents. As they chose to vote for mainstream parties, 28 former militants and separatists, including 10 candidates backed by the Jamaat-e-Islami and others by the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), bit the dust. Lok Sabha MP and terror-funding accused Engineer Rashid’s AIP fielded a total 35 candidates. All, except Rashid’s younger brother Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh, were trailing. Sheikh won from Langate by a margin of 1,602 votes. Six other Independents won but they have no links with either the AIP or the JeI. They included Payare Lal Sharma in Inderwal constituency; Shabir Ahmad Kullay in Shopian; Dr Rameshwar Singh in Bani seat; Choudhary Mohammed Akram in Suranko...
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Engineer Rashid’s brother ekes out victory in high-stakes battle for J&K’s Langate seat

New Delhi: Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) candidate Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, the younger brother of Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh—better known as Engineer Rashid—has won from the Langate constituency, defeating his nearest rival, Irfan Sultan Pandithpuri of the Sajad Lone-led People’s Conference, by 1,602 votes. A government teacher, Ahmad took voluntary retirement to contest the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. Langate was earlier held for two consecutive terms by Rashid, founder of the AIP, who was arrested and jailed on terror-funding charges but won the Lok Sabha polls this year, defeating former J&K CM Omar Abdullah from Baramulla, while contesting from prison. Rashid is currently out on bail. Show Full Article Ahmad was up against Pandithpuri, a Di...
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J-K Election: Engineer Rashid Dismisses Exit Polls, Asks ‘Did Anybody Predict Me Winning Baramu

Srinagar, Oct 5 (PTI) Awami Ittehad Party chief Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Saturday said irrespective of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election results, the Union Territory's control will lie with Delhi. Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, also said he does not rely on exit polls and would wait for the final outcome of the assembly polls. Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi met the AIP chief at his residence here on Saturday. Their meeting has sparked speculations about the Congress leader seeking his support for the National Conference (NC)-Congress coalition for government formation. "Everybody is at liberty to have an exit poll. They know better what the criteria were. People have voted, so let's wait for October 8," Rashid told PTI. He said he has never relied on exit polls. "D...
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‘PM Modi & Shah are projecting me, an elected MP, as a terrorist,’ says Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid

“Even after becoming an MP, I am not treated like an Indian. You should ask PM Modi and Amit Shah ji whether Engineer Rashid belongs to India or not. If they say, ‘he does’, then they should release me, and, if they think I am not, then my Parliament seat should be cancelled,” he added“Modi ji said that he will remove the distance between Kashmir and Delhi. Amit Shah ji talks about Nagaland. Here, in a way, even an elected MP is being made a terrorist. It is a matter of shame,” he said. Rashid was elected as Baramulla MP in June after defeating former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah by a huge margin. In the ongoing Assembly polls—the first held in the Union territory in 10 years—his party is expected to queer the pitch for mainstream parties...
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J-K Election, Phase 1: 24 Seats Up For Grabs In First Assembly Polls Since Art 370 Abrogation

J-K Election, Phase 1: The first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections is set to commence on Wednesday, September 18. This phase will see voting in 24 out of the 90 constituencies, covering both Kashmir and Jammu divisions. The outcome of this crucial phase will determine the fate of 219 candidates, as over 23.27 lakh voters, including 5.66 lakh young voters, head to the polls. This phase marks the first assembly elections in J&K since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, which ended the state’s special status and restructured it into two Union territories. The constituencies up for election in this phase include significant seats such as Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam, Anantnag, Pahalgam, and Ramban. In total, the first phase will cover 16 assembly constituencies in the...
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Calls for justice, barbs at Modi as Engineer Rashid roars at 1st J&K rally. ‘Zulm ka badla vote se’

Baramulla: Throngs of his young supporters, loud cheers and sloganeering, toffees and sweets tossed in the air by the handful. As Sheikh Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid, made his way from Srinagar to Baramulla Thursday—returning home after five years—the atmosphere was charged. Jailed on terror-funding charges, the Baramulla MP is out on interim bail to campaign for the assembly elections. This is his first visit to Baramulla since his surprise win in the last Lok Sabha elections. “Tihar ka badla, vote se. Goli ka badla, vote se. UAPA ka badla, vote se. Zulm ka badla vote se (we’ll take revenge for Tihar, bullets, UAPA & atrocities by winning the elections),” Rashid thundered to his supporters in Baramulla, echoing the ‘jail ka badla, vote se’ slogan that his supporters h...
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‘Have been dying in Tihar’: Engineer Rashid on Abdullah, Mufti’s ‘BJP proxy’ comment | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid called Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti's comment calling him a "BJP proxy" shameful, adding that if it would have been the case, why "would I be in jail."Calling himself a "victim" of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Sheikh Abdul Rashid said on Thursday, "I have been dying in Tihar Jail for last 5.5 years. I have been a victim of BJP. I don't want to talk about the suppression, let them have some grace."Mehbooba Mufti was criticising the BJP, when she called Rashid a BJP proxy-- "I want to ask the government, if you have again come up a proxy party, Engineer Rashid's party, when all your other proxy parties have failed, you have brought Engineer Rashid's party to the fore, and you are supporting them fully with funds and everything, then tell us clearly ...
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‘PM Modi’s vision of Naya Kashmir will collapse,’ says MP Engineer Rashid ahead of J&K polls

New Delhi: As Baramulla MP Rashid Engineer left for Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday after being granted interim bail by Delhi’s special NIA court in a terror funding case, he said that the election is important as Kashmir is at a crucial stage. Lashing out at the centre, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Naya Kashmir’ will collapse. “I will just say that truth will prevail. I hope for the justice. The election is important as Kashmir is at a crucial stage. The people of J&K will successfully fight for justice as they are united. PM Modi’s so-called vision of ‘Naya Kashmir’ will fail,” Rashid Engineer. The Patiala House Court on Wednesday issued a release order for Rashid Engineer, imposing the condition that he must not speak to the media about the ongoing terror fun...
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Omar fighting for chair, I’m fighting for people of Kashmir, says Engineer Rashid after walking out of Tihar | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, walked out of Tihar jail a day after he was granted interim bail by a Delhi court to campaign for the J&K assembly elections, even as his plea for regular bail was on Wednesday deferred to Oct 5.Rashid, who heads the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), has been in prison since 2019 under UAPA in a 2017 terror funding case.The court of additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh had granted interim bail to Rashid on several conditions, which included not speaking to the media about the case, speaking to the investigation officer on alternate days via video-conference, and not tampering with evidence or influencing witnesses.His release to participate in the poll campaign seems to have rattled mainstream par...
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Engineer Rashid set to queer the pitch for Abdullahs and Muftis in Kashmir polls
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Engineer Rashid set to queer the pitch for Abdullahs and Muftis in Kashmir polls

Srinagar: Jailed parliamentarian Engineer Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) is set to field around three dozen candidates in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, potentially turning them into a four-cornered contest and adding uncertainty about the nature of the mandate. Multiple politicians across party lines whom ThePrint spoke to are of the view that a multi-cornered contest raises the prospect of a fractured verdict, which may result in President’s Rule being continued and an elected government eluding the people even after six years. Given how Rashid galvanised the youth in the Lok Sabha elections, the AIP’s large-scale entry into the electoral fray in the Kashmir Valley threatens to upset the electoral calculations of mainstream parties such as the National Conference (NC) and ...
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