A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Baramulla Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid to campaign for Awami Ittehad Party in the upcoming Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections. .Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh of the Patiala House Court said Rashid will remain on interim bail till October 2. .Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled in Jammu and Kashmir from September 18 to October 1 in three phases. The votes will be counted on October 8. .Rashid is currently in Delhi’s Tihar jail and facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in an alleged terror-funding case.Earlier, the Court had granted him interim bail to take oath as an MP. Rashid won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat by defeating former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by over two lakh votes. He was contesting as an independent candidate. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lone was also contesting from the same seat.The jailed leader was earlier a Member of the Legislative Assembly. His Lok Sabha campaign was managed by his sons Abrar Rashid and Asrar Rashid.
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Baramulla Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid to campaign for Awami Ittehad Party in the upcoming Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections. .Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Chander Jit Singh of the Patiala House Court said Rashid will remain on interim bail till October 2. .Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled in Jammu and Kashmir from September 18 to October 1 in three phases. The votes will be counted on October 8. .Rashid is currently in Delhi’s Tihar jail and facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in an alleged terror-funding case.Earlier, the Court had granted him interim bail to take oath as an MP. Rashid won the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat by defeating former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by over two lakh votes. He was contesting as an independent candidate. Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference leader Sajjad Gani Lone was also contesting from the same seat.The jailed leader was earlier a Member of the Legislative Assembly. His Lok Sabha campaign was managed by his sons Abrar Rashid and Asrar Rashid.