Jailed Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid is considering stepping down, with his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) planning to consult its cadres and make a decision at a two-day consultative meeting.

Kashmiri leaders are urging the Centre to release incarcerated MP Rashid on humanitarian grounds, citing his father's critical condition in the ICU. The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) has already applied for bail at Patiala House Court in New Delhi.