Overview
- Engineer Rashid, the AIP MP from Baramulla held in Tihar for over five years after an NIA arrest, will begin the fast on November 12 inside Jail No. 1.
- His party says he formally notified Delhi prison authorities and described the action as mourning for those killed and injured in the car blast near the Red Fort.
- In a letter shared by AIP, he condemned the attack, warned about media reports that educated Kashmiris including doctors are being drawn to violence, and urged all sides to give peace a fair chance.
- The letter cites Gandhi's line, "If I am to make a choice between supporting violence or being called a coward, I would like to be called a coward."
- Religious and political leaders, including Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Mehbooba Mufti and Sajjad Lone, issued condolences, while early reports put the death toll at about a dozen.