PTI would resort to street agitations until the Constitution and the rule of law are restored, says deposed PM
LAHORE
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has warned the coalition rulers and their ‘handlers’ that if they think they could delay the elections after the budget then they are mistaken, warning that his party and the nation would hold street agitation against this strategy.
“If the rulers defy the Supreme Court’s orders of holding elections on May 14 and violate the Constitution, there would be lawlessness in the country. The PTI would resort to street agitations until the Constitution and the rule of law were restored,” said the former prime minister while addressing a party rally held here on Saturday in connection with International Workers’ Day and also to express solidarity with the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
He led the rally from Liberty Chowk to Nasir Bagh and many PTI workers and supporters accompanied him.
Khan said that they stand with the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Constitution, adding that till now they have held peaceful public gatherings and political rallies and maintained that the next week would be decisive.
He said on Tuesday, they would hold talks with the rulers with a one-point agenda: if they agree to dissolve the assemblies before May 14 then the PTI would be willing for ‘same day elections’ in the country.
“However, if they refuse to dissolve the assemblies by May 14 and show shrewdness by trying to take the elections after the budget, we would not accept it. In that case, we would approach the Supreme Court and demand elections on May 14 in Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa,” he added.
