New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Jailed Lok Sabha MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid will be escorted from Delhi's Tihar jail to Parliament under tight security to cast his vote for the vice presidential election, leaders from his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) said on Monday. Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, who is currently lodged at the Central jail in Dibrugarh, Assam under the National Security Act (NSA), will be voting via postal ballot.

The development comes days after a Delhi court, on September 6, allowed Rashid to vote in the upcoming election. According to a city court's order, prison officials have been directed to release Rashid on custody parole for voting on September 9. The order directed prison officials to contact the House's...