Delhi court allows Engineer Rashid to take oath as MP, grants parole for 2 hours
Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Tuesday granted two hours custody parole to MP Rashid Engineer to take oath as MP on July 5 in Parliament.
He sought interim bail or custody parole to take oath as MP.
Earlier, The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday gave its consent to permit jailed Kashmiri leader Abdul Rashid Sheikh also known as Engineer Rashid, from Baramulla to take oath as an MP on July 5 in Parliament.
Rashid had won the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections from the Baramulla constituency in Jammu and Kashmir was unable to take oath during the official ceremony in the 18th Lok Sabha.
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.
