Sheikh Abdul Rashid
Sheikh Abdul Rashid | |
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Rashid speaking in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Akbar Lone |
| Constituency | Baramulla |
| Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 25 December 2008 – 12 November 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sharifuddin Shariq |
| Succeeded by | Khursheed Ahmad Shiekh |
| Constituency | Langate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sheikh Abdul Rashid 19 August 1967 Mawar, Langate, Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Political party | Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party |
| Alma mater | Government Degree College, Sopore |
Sheikh Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid, is a Kashmiri Separatist Politician, and currently member of Lok Sabha representing Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, India. He was released on interim bail to do campaigning during the assembly elections.
Earlier he was a member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, from the Langate constituency in Handwara. He is the founder and patron of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party. He is famous for his speeches and is known as the Pain of AlBaen(Plough)which is the symbol of National Conference.