Coming Out of Jail on Parole, Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid Take Oath As MPs

New Delhi: Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole, were sworn in as Lok Sabha MPs on Friday amid tight security in and around the Parliament complex. They were out on parole for the oath-taking.

Engineer Rashid was in Delhi’s Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Singh was incarcerated in a prison in Assam’s Dibrugarh under the National Security Act.

Both were brought to the Parliament complex by security personnel on Friday morning. They took oath in the chamber of the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Singh won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Rashid won from Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir. Both contested as independents while in jail.

For taking oath, Rashid was granted a two-hour custody parole, excluding the travel time from Tihar to Parliament. Singh was granted a four-day custody parole, beginning July 5.