Rashid’s outfit Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) is contesting the assembly elections.”I was in jail for five-and-a-half years. I am committed to fighting for my people. I am coming back to unite people and not divide them,” he told reporters outside Tihar.”I want to bring everlasting peace to Kashmir and prove that Kashmiris are not stone pelters. But we will not compromise with our political rights,” he said, adding, “I will fight the prime minister’s narrative of Naya Kashmir.”National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said Rashid has been granted bail to fetch votes from the people of Kashmir and not to serve them.About People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti describing Rashid’s Awami Ittehad Party as a proxy for the BJP, Abdullah said while he was being very cautious on the issue, “it is good that she has stated openly what many people were thinking”.Lashing out at Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, Rashid on Wednesday alleged that they have “destroyed” Kashmir.Polling for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in three phases — September 18, September 25 and October 1. The results will be declared on October 8.Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh ordered Rashid’s release on interim bail on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh and a surety of the like amount. He also imposed certain conditions on him, including that he would not speak to the media about the case.
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