On day 8 of hunger strike, Baramulla MP Rashid taken to RML hospital after health deteriorates

An authoritative from RML infirmary said that Rashid’s information is stable. “All his parameters are fine, including his humor pressure,” helium added.

Citing “lack of representation” for 40% of Kashmiris, and denial of information successful the Budget Session successful the Parliament, Rashid – the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) main – had precocious January announced an indefinite hunger onslaught from Tihar Jail, wherever helium has been lodged since 2019 successful a lawsuit of alleged panic funding. The hunger onslaught began connected January 31 astatine 10 am.

“I person not been allowed to articulation the proceedings of the House adjacent for a azygous day, frankincense leaving 40% of the full colonisation of Kashmir, dispersed implicit 4 districts and 18 constituencies, unrepresented…,” helium wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and CJI Sanjiv Khanna connected January 30.

“Sir, my options are precise limited… I humbly petition you to intervene and guarantee that I americium capable to enactment successful the Budget Session. If that does not happen, I person nary option, but to aftermath and shingle the conscience of 140 crore Indians and the institutions of the country. I volition spell connected a hunger onslaught from January 31, 2025… to punctual everyone that my radical can’t beryllium deprived of their morganatic governmental rights successful and extracurricular of Parliament,” the missive read.

Rashid, who contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections arsenic an Independent, defeated National Conference vice president and Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah from Baramulla constituency by a borderline of 2 lakh votes.

“I person a close to cognize wherefore the people’s mandate is being perpetually ignored, bulldozed… and insulted… I americium being targeted lone for my governmental beliefs. I americium lodged down bars due to the fact that of the draconian UAPA, which has been utilized to soundlessness my voice,” Rashid alleged successful his letter.

Inam-Un-Nabi, Chief Spokesperson of AIP, said, “Engineer Rashid Sahib’s determination to spell connected an indefinite hunger onslaught is simply a hopeless yet dignified effect to the injustice helium continues to face. We impulse the authorities to respect ideology and let him to fulfill his duties arsenic an elected MP.”

Tihar Jail officials, meanwhile, said they volition travel the situation rules portion dealing with specified situations. “Prisoners who spell connected hunger onslaught shall beryllium warned that nary redress of immoderate alleged grievances shall beryllium allowed arsenic agelong arsenic the onslaught continues and that they shall beryllium liable to immoderate situation punishment…,” the Delhi Prison Rules 2018 stated.

“It is the work of the situation authorities to bash what they reasonably tin to support prisoners successful their complaint successful bully wellness and to prevention them from death. Therefore, if a captive is apt to origin his ain decease by continuously refusing to instrumentality food, the aesculapian serviceman whitethorn nonstop that the captive beryllium forcibly fed to support him alive. Forcible feeding shall not beryllium attempted with unnecessary violence,” it added.