Srinagar, June 28 (Reporter) A day after President Droupadi Murmu termed the high voter turnout in Kashmir a befitting reply to enemies of India, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) urged her to respect the electorate's decision and release MP elect Abdul Rashid Sheikh aka Engineer Rashid. Engineer Rashid, who heads the AIP, was arrested in 2019 in a terror-funding case and is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail. Engineer defeated former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah by a huge margin from Baramulla Lok Sabha seat of Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid had already moved the court seeking interim bail, or custody parole as an alternative, to take oath and carry out his parliamentary duties. The AIP expressed appreciation for the President's recognition of the substantial voter turnout in Kashmir during the recent elections while urging her to respect the electorate's decision. “Residents of Baramulla notably doubled their voting numbers to support Er Rashid, who is currently detained in Tihar jail without having been able to assume office. The true appreciation for the people of Kashmir would entail allowing Er Rashid to be released from jail to effectively represent his constituency in Parliament, akin to other elected parliamentarians,” spokesperson for AIP, Firdous Baba, said. AIP urged a reconsideration of Rashid's detention in light of the electoral mandate. The party's call for his release aims to ensure that constituents' voices are duly represented in the Parliament, Baba said "We have faith in the President that she will personally look into the matter of Er Rashid and allow him to walk out of jail at the earliest. Honourable President is independent and represents people across the country. We believe that she will use her position to deliver justice to the leader who has been sent by people of Kashmir to represent them in the Parliament," Baba said...////...