MP Engineer Rashid seeks PM intervention ‘to finish rising disconnect between LG, CM’ in J&Okay

Incarcerated Awami Ittehad Celebration (AIP) chief and Member of Parliament (MP) Engineer Rashid on Monday (December 8, 2025) wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convey to his discover the “rising disconnect between the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir”.

“I write to you with deep concern in regards to the rising administrative disconnect between the Lieutenant Governor’s administration and the workplace of the Chief Minister in Jammu and Kashmir, which has sadly begun to have an effect on day-to-day governance and the supply of important public companies,” the letter, shared by the AIP, reads.

Within the letter, the parliamentarian from the Baramulla Lok Sabha identified that the state of affairs has began to create uncertainty amongst residents and has slowed down decision-making on key developmental and welfare issues. “Folks throughout Jammu and Kashmir are already coping with troublesome socio-economic circumstances. A number of developmental works, public grievances and routine administrative choices are reportedly delayed due to friction or unclear strains of authority. That is inflicting misery to strange individuals who look in direction of the federal government with hope and expectation,” MP Rashid mentioned within the letter.

He sought the intervention of the Prime Minister, stating that “solely your intervention can guarantee easy governance, restore readability of functioning and uphold the credibility of each establishments for the bigger good of Jammu and Kashmir.”

“I respectfully request your good self to kindly look into the matter and take steps you deem acceptable to make sure coordinated functioning between the Lieutenant Governor and the Chief Minister in order that governance stays steady, responsive and people-centric,” he added.

The 58-year-old AIP chief was arrested in 2019, only a day forward of the revocation of particular standing of J&Okay. Later, the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) slapped expenses of “terror funding” underneath the provisions of the Illegal Actions (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Nevertheless, Mr. Rashid managed to win the parliament elections in 2024 from the Baramulla constituency, contesting the elections from the Tihar jail.