Jailed Candidate From Baramulla Gets Support From Ghulam Nabi Azad's Party
NDTV
Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, was arrested in a terror funding case in 2019.
With the jailed Engineer Rashid entering the Lok Sabha poll fray in Kashmir, it was time for former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad to return the favour for a Rajya Sabha election vote in 2015.
Mr Azad's outfit in Jammu and Kashmir - the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) - on Thursday announced its support for Rashid, who is contesting as an Independent candidate from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat in North Kashmir.
Arrested in 2019 in a terror funding case, Abdul Rashid Sheikh - popularly known as Engineer Rashid - heads the regional Awami Ittehad Party and had voted for Mr Azad during the 2015 Rajya Sabha elections. He was an MLA from the Lagate assembly seat in the erstwhile state.
