WEBSrinagar, Sep 15 (UNI) In a major political development ahead of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) led by Abdul Rashid Sheikh, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, and banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI), which has fielded former members as its candidates in the polls, forged an alliance on Sunday in the Kashmir valley.