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Out on parole, Amritpal Singh, Engineer Rashid take oath as LS members
The Hindu
Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid took oath as members of the Lok Sabha amid heavy deployment of security personnel
Jailed radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdul Rashid, who were granted parole to take oath as members of the Lok Sabha, were sworn in as MPs on July 5, amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the Parliament complex.
While Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, is in Delhi's Tihar jail in a terror funding case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, Singh is lodged in a prison in Assam's Dibrugarh district for offences under the National Security Act.
They were brought to the Parliament complex by security personnel this morning.
The MPs-elect took oath in the chamber of the Lok Sabha speaker after completing formalities, a source said.
Singh (31) and Rashid (56) won the recent Lok Sabha elections from Khadoor Sahib in Punjab and Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, respectively, as Independents while being incarcerated.
They could not take oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24 and 25 along with the other winning candidates.
For taking oath, Rashid was granted a two-hour custody parole, excluding the travel time from Tihar to Parliament, and Singh a four-day custody parole, beginning July 5, in view of the travel from Assam to Delhi and back.
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