page_title: Engineer Rashid
hierarchical_section_title: Engineer Rashid
caption_attribution_description: English: Engineer Rashid speaking in the J&amp;K Legislative Assembly
context_page_description: Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir from the Langate constituency in Handwara. He is also referred as a firebrand lawmaker of Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid joined politics in the year 2008 and stunned political observers by defeating senior National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party leaders Sharif Din Shariq and Muhammad Sultan Panditpuri by 210 votes. He also won from the same constituency in 2015. He is the founder and 'patron' of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party.
context_section_description: Engineer Sheikh Abdul Rashid (born 19 August 1967) is an Indian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (MLA) from the Langate constituency in Handwara. He is also referred as a firebrand lawmaker of Jammu and Kashmir. Rashid joined politics in the year 2008 and stunned political observers by defeating senior National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party leaders Sharif Din Shariq and Muhammad Sultan Panditpuri by 210 votes. He also won from the same constituency in 2015. He is the founder and 'patron' of the Jammu and Kashmir Awami Ittehad Party.
caption: Engineer Rashid speaking in the J&K Legislative Assembly
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