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Rasheed to contest LS polls from Baramulla
KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 3/23/2019 12:21:47 PM
SRINAGAR, Mar 22: Former MLA and Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) chairman Er Rasheed today said he would contest the Lok Sabha polls from Baramulla consituency.
Addressing a press conference here, he said, "Though every party approached AIP for seeking the support in the parliamentary elections, but no understanding could be reached with any one of them for the reason that they were not ready to support AIP’s stand on various crucial issues."
He said the AIP could not support any of the parties who were “responsible” for most of the miseries of people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Keeping all circumstances in mind party has decided to field Abdul Rayees Rather from Jammu Udhampur parliamentary Constituency, Shahzad Shabnum Deewan from Poonch Rajori, Zubair Masoodi from Anannag and Er. Rasheed from North Kashmir parliamentary constituency and the party may take a decision about other Parliamentary segments soon,” he said.