Jailed Lok Sabha member Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh promises jail-free J&K in party manifesto

Srinagar: Awami Ittihad Party led by jailed Lok Sabha member from Baramulla of northern Kashmir, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh on Saturday released the party manifesto promising jail-free Jammu and Kashmir.

The party leaders are eagerly waiting for the release of Engineer Rashid, whose bail order has been reserved and is slotted on September 11 in a Delhi court. The party also released another list of candidates for the assembly elections which include Khursheed Ahmad Sheikh, brother of Engineer Rashid, who recently took a premature retirement from government services.

The AIP leaders promised that is they are votes to power no innocent youth will be in jails and they will strive for revocation of Public Safety Act and UAPA.


The party has also promised that there will be a complete ban on liquor sale in J&K and free medical tests will be conducted in the hospitals across J&K. They also promised restoration of Darbar move practice of the administration between summer captial Srinagar and winter capital Jammu. They would also strive to restore autonomy of University of Kashmir.

Zainapora Candidate Told to Appear Before Court on 11
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has asked former legislator Aijaz Ahmad Mir to appear before NIA court in Jammu on September 11 as a witness in a case to record his statement.

The NIA sent a notice to Mir, who recently resigned from People's Democratic and is contesting as an independent candidate from Zainapora in southern Kashmir, asking him to be opresent in Jammu for recording of the statement. The case is related to Adil Bashir Sheikh, who was Special Police officer with Mir and decamped with seven rifles from his official residence in 2018.