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Have emerged as alternative to family politics: Rashid’s party

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Srinagar, June 8

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The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) today said its leader Engineer Rashid, who won from the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, would be sending a message from jail to his constituents by Monday. Party leaders said the AIP had emerged as a new alternative to the legacy politics of Jammu and Kashmir and that it would actively participate in the upcoming elections.

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AIP leaders expressed regret over not fielding candidates in the South Kashmir and Srinagar constituencies, believing that they could have achieved a clean sweep there as well. The leaders attributed their electoral success not merely to sympathy vote, but to Rashid’s “personal commitment” and “political stance”.

AIP spokesperson Firdous Baba said: “Engineer Rashid should be released from jail and allowed to take his oath. He is a representative of his constituency and cannot remain behind bars.”

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