Engineer Rashid, MP from Baramulla seat of Jammu and Kashmir, participated in Aaj Tak’s special program ‘Panchayat Aaj Tak’ and answered many questions. He won the election by contesting from Tihar Jail. He told that when he won, his non-Muslim friends in the jail distributed sweets worth two lakh rupees in happiness.
‘I wish this was the real India’
Rashid called Tihar Jail a ‘mini India’. He said, ‘I saw people from all over the country there. The respect people of every religion gave me there, my seven generations cannot repay their favor. The day I won the election, my non-Muslim friends distributed sweets worth Rs 2 lakh in Tihar Jail. I wish this was the real India.’
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He said, ‘I am contesting the elections because I have to show PM Modi that Kashmiris are rejecting his bad policies. Whatever you have done is not acceptable to Kashmiris.’ Engineer Rashid recalled his days spent in jail.
‘I also want Ram Rajya to come in India’
He said, ‘On 18 January 2024, every colleague of ours gets 5 minutes of phone time every day, that too was cut off for me, you can check the jail records. I was put in the ward for the insane and the disabled, my one-time meal was stopped. Although that administration was very good but it was their compulsion. There was pressure on them. I also want Ramrajya to come in India but the real Ramrajya, not Modi ji’s Ramrajya.’
‘My return is a victory of truth’
On getting interim bail from the court, Engineer Rashid said, ‘The whole country thought that Engineer Rashid is dead and will never return, but my return means that truth has won. NC, PDP say that they have come to divide votes, I will tell them that this Kashmir is not their father’s property. By saying this, they are questioning the understanding of the voters. I am not happy about anyone’s defeat or my victory, I am happy that my victory is the defeat of Modi ji’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ vision.
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