He won the elections from Baramulla while he was in custody in an NIA case. Rashid had sought interim bail or custody parole for taking oath as a Lok Sabha MP.
The victory of Abdul Rashid Sheikh, who is currently in jail on terror funding charges, from the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency will empower secessionists and give Kashmir's "defeated" Islamist movement a renewed sense of hope, said former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National C
This is the first Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. The elections to the five seats in Jammu and Kashmir were held in five phases.
In a post on his X account, Omar Abdullah conceded defeat and congratulated Independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh for his victory in North Kashmir. He added that the voters have spoken and in a democracy, that's all that matters.
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) vice-president and Baramulla Lok Sabha candidate Omar Abdullah is trailing in Baramulla by a margin of 46,225 votes against independent candidate Abdul Rashid Sheikh, as per the ECI.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 20 (ANI): The Ghatkopar Unit of the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police seized 66,000 drug pills worth Rs 33 lakh from the possession of two persons on Saturday. Police arrested the accused Shah Rukh Rashid Sheikh and Abdullah Moin Sheikh from Sh