Mr Rashid, popularly often called Engineer Rashid, received the Baramulla seat as an Unbiased candidate.
New Delhi:
The anti-terror company NIA has granted consent for jailed Kashmir chief Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh to take his oath as an MP. The matter now awaits a remaining order from a Delhi court docket, which is predicted to rule on the situations of his oath-taking tomorrow.
Mr Rashid, popularly often called Engineer Rashid, received the Baramulla seat as an Unbiased candidate within the current Lok Sabha elections. Mr Rashid has been imprisoned in Tihar Jail since 2019. The NIA charged him in a terror-funding case, stopping him from taking his oath alongside his friends within the 18th Lok Sabha. Regardless of his detention, Rashid managed to safe a exceptional win, defeating former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by a margin of over 2 lakh votes.
On Saturday, Extra Classes Choose Kiran Gupta mandated the NIA to reply to Mr Rashid’s utility for interim bail to facilitate his oath-taking. The court docket directed the anti-terror company to file its reply by July 1.
Advocate Vikhyat Oberoi, representing Mr Rashid, argued that his shopper’s electoral victory signifies the robust democratic mandate given by the individuals of Baramulla. “He received with a overwhelming majority. Folks love him and wish him to battle for his or her rights in Parliament democratically,” Mr Oberoi acknowledged.
Mr Rashid’s authorized crew drew parallels with the same case involving AAP MP Sanjay Singh, suggesting that Mr Rashid, who’s below court docket custody, needs to be allowed to take his oath. They argued that the NIA’s function needs to be minimal in facilitating this course of, referencing the procedural dealing with of Mr Singh’s case the place court docket custody didn’t impede parliamentary participation.
