Abrar Rashid, son of Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, a jailed Kashmiri leader from Awami Ittehad Party who contested as an independent candidate, speaks to media personnel after his father's win in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla parliamentary constituency during India's general election, in Srinagar on June 4, 2024. An Indian Sikh separatist and a staunch opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from disputed Kashmir were both set to be elected lawmakers from behind bars on June 4. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, a former state legislator in Indian-administered Kashmir, won a seat in the disputed Himalayan region by more than 200,000 votes defeating Omar Abdullah, a former chief minister of the territory. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP) / TO GO WITH 'India-Vote-Prisoners' LEAD