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Engineer Rashid
Engineer Rashid speaking in the J&K Legislative Assembly
Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly
In office
25 December 2008 – 12 November 2018
Personal details
Born
Sheikh Abdul Rashid

Mawar, Langate
NationalityIndian
Political partyAwami Ittehad Party
Alma materGovernment Degree College Sopore

Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid is a Kashmiri politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir (MLA), Indian Administered Kashmir, from the Langate constituency in Handwara. He is the founder and 'patron' of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party.[1][2]

Political career

Rashid started his political career in the year 2008 after resigning from his job as a construction Engineer. After a 17-day campaign he won the constituency seat of Langate in Handwara town in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir.[3]

Arrest

In the year 2005, Rashid was arrested by SOG in Srinagar for supporting militants subsequently jailed for three months and 17 days. A charge of anti-national activities was slapped on him. He was kept in Cargo, Humhama and Raj bagh prisons. Later Chief Judaical Magistrate Srinagar dropped all charges against him on humanitarian grounds. According to Rashid he was arrested by motley group of counter-insurgents that worked closely with the State police and took him to an interrogation centre, where he was "interrogated." After five months of custody, he negotiated his release, paying up Rs. 3.0 lakhs by selling his cow,goats and father's property [4]

Attacks

On 8 October 2015 Engineer Rashid was assaulted by BJP MLA's inside the Jammu and Kashmir assembly for hosting a party where he served beef on the lawns of the government circuit with a view to oppose the controversial central Government order banning the Beef in India.[5]

He was also attacked with black ink in Press Club New Delhi by BJP cadets a day after his critical comments regarding the lynching of a Kashmiri truck driver in Udhampur.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Engineer Rashid aka Abdul Rashid Sheik(Independent(IND)):Constituency- LANGATE(KUPWARA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". www.myneta.info. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ MLA Rashid launches new party, Hindustan Times, 12 June 2013.
  3. ^ "How Langate's Engineer Rashid battled counter-insurgency to reduce police intervention in peoples' lives". timesofindia-economictimes. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ "I'm the most misunderstood MLA in India: Engineer Rashid". The Hindu. 22 October 2015. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ Shankar, Aranya (20 October 2017). "Ink attack on Jammu and Kashmir MLA Rashid Engineer over beef party". Indian Express. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Ink attack on Jammu & Kashmir MLA Engineer Rashid who had hosted a 'beef party' - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Ink Attack on J&K Lawmaker Engineer Rashid, Who Hosted 'Beef Party'". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
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