Shehla Rashid
{{Short description|Indian student anarchist}}
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| birth_place = Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
| nationality = Indian
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- NIT Srinagar (B.Tech. Computer Engineering)
- Jawaharlal Nehru University (M.A. Sociology)
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Shehla Rashid Shora is a former Indian Kashmiri social activist, and former leader of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU).{{Cite news|title=Voice from Valley leads JNU narrative|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Voice-from-Valley-leads-JNU-narrative/articleshow/51299276.cms|date=8 March 2016|work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=7 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Student Movements Will Be Deathbed Of RSS Agenda|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/student-movements-will-be-deathbed-of-rss-agenda/296692|last=Bhuyan|first=Anoo|date=19 February 2016|website=Outlook India |access-date=7 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=JNU Crackdown: 4 powerful voices you can't ignore|url=https://www.dailyo.in/politics/jnushutdown-delhi-police-shehla-rashid-nivedita-menon-ayesha-kidwai-kavita-krishnan-abvp-afzal-guru/story/1/9064.html|last=Ali|first=Ursila|date=17 February 2016|website=DailyO |access-date=7 May 2020}} She rose to prominence whilst leading the student agitation calling for the release for Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and others who were arrested on charges of sedition in February 2016 for participating and organizing sloganeering in JNU.Aranya Shankar, Shikha Sharma (29 February 2016) [http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/jnusu-in-kanhaiyas-absence-shehla-holds-the-fort-with-rama-saurabh-charts-his-own-path/ JNUSU, in Kanhaiya's absence: Shehla holds the fort with Rama, Saurabh charts his own path], The Indian Express.Manavi Kapur (12 March 2016). [http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/shehla-rashid-has-found-a-political-lexicon-at-jnu-116031101056_1.html Shehla Rashid has found a political lexicon at JNU]. Business Standard. Retrieved on 7 May 2020.Sudipto Mondal (14 March 2016). [http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/modi-govt-is-the-real-terrorist-jnusu-vice-president-on-jnu-rohith-row/story-un2poVOxyN8KxbzYO2eyrN.html Cornered on the Left: Questioning JNU student leader Shehla Rashid]. Hindustan Times. Retrieved on 7 May 2020.
Shora was vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly highlighting the plight of minors held in custody awaiting trial, and had been active since 2010 after organising a youth leadership programme in Kashmir.Bismah Malik (15 December 2011) [http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/variety/spreading-wings-in-the-valley/article2717082.ece Spreading wings in the Valley], The Hindu Business Line. She played a leading role in organising the 'Occupy UGC movement' and the decision to "camp" at University Grants Commission (UGC) headquarters to protest the withdrawal of non-NET fellowship.(22 October 2015). [http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/students-plan-all-night-sit-in-to-protest-scrapping-of-non-net-fellowship_1812964.html Students plan all night sit-in to protest scrapping of non-Net fellowship], Zee News India. She led the protest march to the Ministry of Human Resources Development to ask for an increase in graduate student stipends.Kritika Sharma Sebastian (6 November 2015). [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/occupy-ugc-protest-knocks-at-mhrd-doors/article7848267.ece 'Occupy UGC' protest knocks at MHRD doors], The Hindu.Manash Pratim Gohain (5 November 2015) [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/UGC-fellowship-Studentsget-a-say-in-review-panel/articleshow/49679868.cms UGC fellowship: Students get a say in review panel], The Times of India.{{Cite news|date=13 January 2016 |title=Occupy UGC: Students protest outside HRD Ministry, start postcard campaign|work=The Economic Times|agency=PTI|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/occupy-ugc-students-protest-outside-hrd-ministry-start-postcard-campaign/articleshow/50567561.cms?from=mdr|access-date=18 May 2020}}
On 16 February 2019 Shora posted a tweet stating that a group of Kashmiri girls were trapped in a hostel in Dehra Dun by a mob demanding their expulsion. The Uttarakhand police subsequently filed a first information report against her for disrupting public tranquility and intent to provoke breach of peace by spreading rumours.{{cite news|date=19 February 2019|title=Pulwama attack aftermath: FIR against Shehla Rashid for tweet on trapped Kashmiri girls|work=India Today|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shehla-rashid-fir-1459440-2019-02-19|access-date=18 May 2020}}{{Cite web|title=Shehla Rashid: Dehradun Police registers FIR against former JNUSU leader for 'rumour mongering'|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-shehla-rashid-dehradun-police-registers-fir-against-former-jnusu-leader-for-rumour-mongering-2721441|date=18 February 2019|website=DNA India|language=en|agency=ANI |access-date=9 August 2019}} She had briefly joined the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement political party, founded by Shah Faesal on 17 March 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/jnu-student-leader-shehla-rashid-enters-active-politics-joins-shah-faesals-jkpm-2069523.html|title=JNU Student Leader Shehla Rashid Enters Active Politics, Joins Shah Faesal's JKPM|date=17 March 2019|website=News18|agency=PTI|access-date=17 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/j-k-ex-ias-officer-shah-faesal-launches-political-party-admires-imran-khan-kejriwal-1480156-2019-03-17|title=J&K: Ex-IAS officer Shah Faesal launches political party, says he admires Imran Khan, Kejriwal|last=Roshangar|first=Rouf A.|date=17 March 2019|website=India Today|access-date=17 March 2019}}
Early life and education
Shehla Rashid Shora was born in the old city of Srinagar in the Habba Kadal locality.{{cite news | url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/shehla-rashid-the-firebrand-kashmiri-behind-the-jnu-protests/story-Kn0baC43ZgbijhkBoazSMN.html | title=Shehla Rashid, firebrand Kashmiri, leading JNU students' fightback | newspaper=Hindustan Times | date=20 February 2016 | first=Gulam | last=Jeelani | access-date=18 February 2018 }}
Shora studied computer engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar and participated in a ten-week certificate programme in political leadership at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. After graduating from NIT Srinagar she worked as a software engineer with HCL Technologies.{{citation |url=https://www.sociologygroup.com/shehla-rashid-biography/ |title=Shehla Rashid: Biography, Works, Politics & Controversies! |first1=Uma |last1=Sathwika |access-date=6 December 2020 |work=Sociology Group|date=15 February 2020 }} She raised the issues of juvenile justice and acid attacks on women in Kashmir but said that "the political space there [was] too restricted."{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/shehla-rashid-becomes-first-kashmiri-girl-to-win-jnu-polls-115091400855_1.html |title=Shehla Rashid becomes first Kashmiri girl to win JNU polls |agency=PTI |date=14 September 2015 |work=Business Standard}} Eventually, she joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University, completing an M.A. in sociology and then studying for an MPhil in Law and Governance. She then pursued a PhD from JNU, her thesis based on "how algorithm based decision-making affects policy making".{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/culture/what-kanhaiya-kumar-shehla-rashid-umar-khalid-plan-to-do-with-their-jnu-phds/152376/|title=What Kanhaiya Kumar, Shehla Rashid & Umar Khalid plan to do with their JNU PhDs|last=Sharma|first=Kritika|date=22 November 2018|work=The Print|access-date=22 November 2018}}
Activism
File:Shehla Rashid Shora (center) at an Amnesty Event in New Delhi. Gurmehar Kaur (left) also pictured.jpg event in New Delhi in 2018. Gurmehar Kaur (left) also pictured.]]
=Kashmir=
Shora is vocal about the human rights situation in Kashmir, particularly for ensuring justice to minor undertrials and has been active since 2010 when she was part of organising a youth leadership programme in Kashmir. She participated in a seminar asking to change internet harassment laws.{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/researchers-see-need-to-change-internet-laws/article4610940.ece | title=Researchers see need to change Internet laws | newspaper=The Hindu | date=13 April 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/its-not-just-the-government-which-misuses-section-66a-213367.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302054925/http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/its-not-just-the-government-which-misuses-section-66a-213367.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=2 March 2015 | title=It's not just the government which misuses Section 66A | publisher=Firstpost | date=26 March 2013 }}
In 2013, when Pragaash, an all-female band composed of young Muslim women, faced online harassment and death threats from Islamic conservatives in Kashmir, she came out vocally in support of the band and condemned the online abuse and threats directed at them.{{cite news | url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/programme/kashmir-valley-all-girl-rock-band-disband-facebook-online-slur/1/248581.html | title=Kashmir girl group forced to disband | newspaper=India Today | date=2 February 2013}}{{cite news|last=Ashiq|first=Peerzada|date=2 February 2013|title=After online threats, Kashmir's first all-girls rock band may fall silent|newspaper=Hindustan Times|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/after-online-threats-kashmir-s-first-all-girls-rock-band-may-fall-silent/story-Mzebga9wAqVnQBk4ygmxMJ.html|access-date=18 May 2020}} She said an interview to the Times of India: "They may quit because of intolerance, rape and murder threats, because of our selectively conservative and hypocritical worldview, because men can issue rape threats to women and no one would call it unIslamic, because men can pinch our butts in the bus and no one would speak up, because men can jack off to item numbers in private but three innocent girls performing in perfectly modest clothing outrages our so-called morality". She launched a counter online campaign 'I support Pragaash, Kashmir's first all-girls' rock band' to mobilise support for the girls.{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rock-on-says-CM-to-Kashmirs-first-all-girl-band/articleshow/18313273.cms?referral=PM | title=After online threats, Rock on, says CM to Kashmir's first all-girl band | newspaper=Times of India | date=3 February 2013}}
=Delhi=
File:Shehla Rashid Yuva Hunkar Rally New Delhi.jpg
In April 2014 Shora unsuccessfully contested the student election to the Gender Sensitisation Committee against Sexual Harassment{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/student-election-to-jnu-gender-panel-begins/article5850121.ece | title=Student election to JNU gender panel begins | newspaper=The Hindu | date=30 March 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://thecompanion.in/gscash-at-jnu-a-significant-step-towards-gender-equality/ |title=GSCASH at JNU – A Significant Step towards Gender Equality |first1=Jushna |last1=Shahin |date=22 April 2014 |work=The Companion }} (this is the internal complaint committee of JNU that deals with sexual harassment).{{cite news |url=https://thewire.in/education/sexual-harassment-committee-universities-jnu-gscash |title=To Promote Contemporary Feminist Politics, We Need Sexual Harassment Watchdog Bodies |first1=Rukmini |last1=Sen |date=3 October 2017 |work=The Wire (India)}}
In September 2015, she contested the election for vice-president of the JNU student union, as the nominee of the Left-backed All India Students Association, and won it, beating the ABVP's candidate Valentina Brahma by over 200 votes. She was the first Kashmiri woman to win a student union election at the JNU and the highest polled candidate of that year.[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/student-activism-has-been-crushed-in-kashmir/article7653526.ece ‘Student activism has been crushed in Kashmir’], The Hindu, 15 September 2015 She said that there was enough space to articulate her political spirit at the JNU. However, her challenge was to "convince voters in favour of a Kashmir woman from a non-political background."{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Shehla-Rashid-becomes-first-Kashmiri-girl-to-win-JNU-polls/articleshow/48958490.cms |title=Shehla Rashid becomes first Kashmiri girl to win JNU polls] |work=The Times of India |date=14 September 2015 |agency=PTI}}
Soon after getting elected, Shora condemned the ban on student politics at the Kashmir University. She said that, if ideas are suppressed, they would resurface in "undesirable ways."[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jnusu-leader-condemns-ban-on-student-politics-in-valley/1/477481.html JNUSU leader condemns ban on student politics in Valley], India Today, 19 September 2015. In October 2015, she led a protest against the University Grants Commission (UGC) decision to cut student scholarships for MPhil and PhD students except for those that passed the 'national eligibility test'. Under the banner "Occupy UGC," students from the JNU were joined by those from the Delhi University, Jamia Milia Islamia and the Ambedkar University Delhi in protests outside the UGC for over a month.[http://scroll.in/article/764077/in-pictures-occupyugc-protests-against-scrapping-of-fellowships-for-phd-and-mphil-students In Pictures: #OccupyUGC protests against scrapping of fellowships for PhD and MPhil students], Scroll.in, 22 October 2015.
She is said to have ironed out the divergences between the AISA and the JNUSU and turned into the "face of the movement."Kapur, Manavi (17 March 2016). [http://www.rediff.com/news/report/meet-shehla-rashid-the-firebrand-jnu-leader/20160317.htm Meet Shehla Rashid, the firebrand JNU leader], Rediff News. Retrieved on 18 May 2020.
In February 2016, Kanhaiya Kumar, the president of the JNU students' union, was arrested on sedition charges for sloganeering. Several other student leaders were charged with sedition, including the general secretary Rama Naga and a former president, Ashutosh Kumar. Shehla Rashid ran the union during the interim period as she was the only office bearer not facing charges.
Kamal Mitra Chenoy, [http://www.dailyo.in/politics/kanhaiya-kumar-left-cpim-abvp-bjp-jnu-bs-bassi-sedition-pratibha-rani/story/1/9388.html How Kanhaiya Kumar went from 'anti-national' to freedom icon], Daily O, 5 March 2016.
On 14 February 2016, Shehla Rashid gave a speech to a gathering of 3,000-4,000 protesting students and faculty members on the JNU campus following a protest march.{{cite news |url=http://www.scoopwhoop.com/JNU-Students-Union-VP-Shehla-Rashids-Speech/ |title=Watch JNU Student Union VP Make A Powerful Speech Against The Arrest Of Their President |work=ScoopWhoop |date=15 February 2016 |first1=Raj |last1=Das}}{{cite news |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/arrest-of-kanhaiya-kumar-human-chain-on-jnu-campus-as-teachers-demand-arbitrary-charges-be-dropped/ |title=Arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar: Human chain on JNU campus as teachers demand 'arbitrary charges' be dropped |work=Indian Express |date=15 February 2016 |first1=Aranya |last1=Shankar}}
Note that the Indian Express article mentions the march but does not mention Shehla Rashid Shora. On 18 February 2016, around 10,000 people joined a march in defence of JNU through the streets of Delhi, on Shehla Rashid Shora's call.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/thousands-join-march-in-support-of-jnu-students/article8254152.ece|title=Thousands join march in support of JNU students|first=Kritika Sharma|last=Sebastian|date=19 February 2016|work=The Hindu}}
The Hindu (19 February 2016) said that "around 10,000 people joined" the march. The Hindustan Times (20 February 2016) wrote that Shehla Rashid said that there were 15,000 marchers, but the police said 5,000. On 2 March, she led a protest march to the Parliament, demanding the repeal of the sedition law. The protesters also called for the enactment of a 'Rohith Act' for ending caste-based discrimination in educational institutions. The protest was joined by students and teachers from universities across Delhi as well as the families of Rohith Vemula and Umar Khalid.{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/jnu-students-march-to-parliament-demand-repeal-of-sedition-law/articleshow/51229680.cms |title=JNU students march to parliament, Demand repeal of sedition law |work=The Times of India |date=2 March 2016 |agency=PTI}}
Controversies
Aligarh Muslim University Student Union (AMUSU) filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Shehla Rashid in February 2017, alleging that a Facebook post she had made used objectionable language about Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amu-students-union-jnu-shehla-rashid-fir/1/884928.html|title=AMU Students Union invites JNU's Shehla Rashid for leadership talk, then files FIR against her|date=17 February 2017|website=India Today|access-date=9 March 2019}}
On 27 October 2018, she welcomed newly converted Irish singer Shuhada’ Davitt into a Muslim community which generated online backlash.{{Cite news|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/why-cant-shehla-rashid-celebrate-sinead-oconnors-embrace-of-islam/142206/|title=Why can't Shehla Rashid celebrate Sinead O'Connor's embrace of Islam?|last=Kaur|first=Gurmehar|date=30 October 2018|work=The Print|access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/religion/shehla-rashid-muslim-hindutva-congress|title=Sinead O'Connor, Shehla Rashid and the Only 'Good Muslims'|last=Ali|first=Asim|date=10 November 2018|website=The Wire|access-date=2019-03-09}} Several days later Shehla Rashid deactivated her Twitter account (which is now active again).{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/activist-shehla-rashid-says-deactivated-twitter-due-to-toxicity-and-negativity-1946287|title="Can't Deal With Such Hate": Activist Shehla Rashid Quits Twitter|date=13 November 2018|website=NDTV|agency=Press Trust of India|access-date=9 March 2019}}
In February 2019, Dehradun Police filed a FIR against her for a tweet she posted on 16 February 2019 where she had written "15-20 Kashmiri girls trapped in a hostel in Dehradun for hours now. mobs outside are baying for their blood. Police is present but unable to disperse the mob." Police dismissed her allegation as rumour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/shehla-rashid-fir-1459440-2019-02-19|title=Pulwama attack aftermath: FIR against Shehla Rashid for tweet on trapped Kashmiri girls|date=19 February 2019|work=India Today|access-date=20 August 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/shehla-rashid-booked-for-spreading-fake-news-on-twitter/1491480/|title=Shehla Rashid booked for spreading fake news on Twitter|date=18 February 2019|work=The Financial Express (India) |access-date=20 August 2019}} The FIR was filed under sections 504, 505 and 153b of the Indian Penal Code.{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/do-not-circulate-fake-news-saying-kashmiri-students-are-being-harassed-crpf/articleshow/68036310.cms|title=Do NOT circulate fake news saying Kashmiri students are being harassed: CRPF |date=18 February 2019|work=The Times of India |access-date=9 March 2019}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/feb/18/jnu-researcher-shehla-rashid-booked-by-dehradun-police-for-rumour-mongering-1940464.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222055909/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/feb/18/jnu-researcher-shehla-rashid-booked-by-dehradun-police-for-rumour-mongering-1940464.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 February 2019|title=JNU researcher Shehla Rashid booked by Dehradun police for 'rumour mongering' |first1=Namita |last1=Bajpai |date=18 February 2019|work=The New Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019}}
In August 2019, she tweeted that Indian Army was torturing Kashmiris as a consequence of Indian revocation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/lawyer-files-complaint-against-shehla-rashid-over-comments-on-kashmir/story-UYv7TCBxIuuDVp87REw0QO.html|title=Lawyer files complaint against Shehla Rashid over comments on Kashmir|date=19 August 2019 |work=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=19 August 2019}} The allegation was rejected by the army as baseless.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/j-k-army-rejects-shehla-rashid-allegations-kashmir-1582148-2019-08-19|title=J&K: Army rejects Shehla Rashid's allegations on situation in Kashmir|date=2019-08-19|work=India Today|access-date=2019-08-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/army-denies-shehla-rashids-claims-of-excesses-by-security-forces-in-jk/articleshow/70746321.cms|title=Army denies Shehla Rashid's claims of excesses by security forces in J&K|date=20 Aug 2019|work=Times of India|access-date=20 Aug 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-indian-army-denies-shehla-rashid-allegations-complaint-filed-seeking-arrest-543348|title=Indian Army denies Shehla Rashid's allegations on military; complaint filed seeking her arrest|date=19 August 2019|work=India TV|access-date=20 August 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/photo-gallery-baseless-and-rejected-indian-army-on-allegations-made-by-shehla-rashid-on-jk-2783018|title='Baseless and rejected': Indian Army on allegations made by Shehla Rashid on J&K|date=19 Aug 2019|work=DNA|access-date=20 Aug 2019}} Supreme Court lawyer Alok Srivastsava filed a complaint under offence of sedition and sought criminal action against Shehla Rashid over her allegations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/times-now/india/complaint-filed-against-shehla-rashid-for-spreading-fake-news-sc-lawyer-seeks-criminal-action/39335|title=Complaint filed against Shehla Rashid for spreading fake news, SC lawyer seeks criminal action|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-08-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/criminal-complaint-filed-against-shehla-rashid-under-sedition-charges/articleshow/70734427.cms|title=Criminal complaint filed against Shehla Rashid under sedition charges|date=19 August 2019|agency=ANI|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2019-08-19}}
Views
In an interview with ANI, Shehla Rashid commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for securing a “bloodless” political resolution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. In her X post, Shehla Rashid wrote, “What caused my change of heart is the realisation that the Hon’ble PM Narendra Modi is a selfless man who is taking radical decisions to transform India. He has braved intense criticism but remained steadfast to his vision of inclusive development that leaves no one behind.”{{Cite web |last=Rashid |first=Shehla |date=2023-11-20 |title=Muslims must let go of victimhood. India is far more secular than West, writes Shehla Rashid |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/muslims-must-let-go-of-victimhood-india-is-far-more-secular-than-west-writes-shehla-rashid/1851443/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Shehla Rashid Responds To X User Claiming 'BJP Ticket Coming Her Way' For Praising Modi, Shah |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/shehla-rashid-responds-to-x-user-claiming-bjp-ticket-coming-her-way-for-praising-modi-shah |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}}{{Cite web |author=News Desk |date=2023-11-16 |title=JNU activist Shehla Rashid calls PM Modi 'selfless', praises Amit Shah |url=https://www.siasat.com/jnu-activist-sheila-rashid-calls-pm-modi-selfless-praises-amit-shah-2888016/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}
Political party
Shehla Rashid had briefly joined Jammu & Kashmir People's movement (JKPM), a political party started by former IAS Officer Shah Faesal. However has now resigned from the same.{{Cite web |last=Javaid |first=Azaan |date=2019-10-09 |title=Shehla Rashid quits politics, former IAS officer Shah Faesal could be next |url=https://theprint.in/politics/shehla-rashid-quits-politics-shah-faesal-next/303231/ |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}} In November 2023, Shora appreciated PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister in an interview with ANI. She said situation in Kashmir has changed after the repulsion of Article 370 and All credit for this goes to PM and HM.{{Cite web | title='PM Modi ensured bloodless political solution, Kashmir not Gaza': Shehla Rashid {{!}} Today News | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-modi-amit-shah-ensured-bloodless-political-solution-shehla-rashid-kashmir-not-gaza-jnu-bharat-tere-tukde-slogans-11700012916966.html | access-date=2025-02-16 | website=www.livemint.com}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://shehlarashid.com/blog/}}
- [https://twitter.com/Shehla_Rashid Shehla Rashid Shora] on Twitter
- [https://www.facebook.com/shehlarashid Shehla Rashid Shora] on Facebook
- [https://www.facebook.com/ShehlaRashidOfficial Shehla Rashid Shora Official Facebook page]
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