Engineer Rashid, currently lodged in jail on UAPA charges, will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla constituency on an Awami Ittehad Party ticket.

Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid (56) is a former MLA.

Awami Ittehad Party is hopeful that Rashid will be released from prison and if that does not happen he will contest polls from jail.

Indian Constitution allows an accused person, who is not convicted, to contest elections from jail.

Rashid was first elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Langate in 2008 and re-elected in 2014.