Accepting Awami National Party's (ANP) whitewash in Election 2013, Asfandyar Wali Khan Thursday said his party had preferentially settled on manning the Opposition benches in all the houses, Geo News reported.
Addressing a press conference here, he vowed to reclaim the mandate, which, according to him, was snatched by "terrorism" in Khyber Pkahtunkhwa.
"Pre-poll attacks on ANP corner meetings was a conspiracy to keep us out of the electoral process, which eventually made it impossible for ANP to connect with its voters. I can say it became one of the causes of our defeat", said an emotional Wali.
He said the most unfortunate thing that dawned upon us in the light of a myriad of evidence was how the terrorists pulled the strings in the polls.
"In the beginning we believed Chief Election Commissioner, Fakhruddin G Ibrahim, was the referee of this match (elections), but now evidence shows it was Hakimullah Mehsud who called the shots in the stead of the former", said he.
He said how could you fight your opponent if you were thrown in the arena with your hands tied.
Wali also announced to constitute a committee to investigate as to why the most popular political party of KPK tanked on its turf.
Top ANP leadership was also present on the occasion.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Asfandyar vows to reclaim ANP's terror-torn mandate
Accepting Awami National Party's (ANP) whitewash in Election 2013, Asfandyar Wali Khan Thursday said his party had preferentially settled on manning the Opposition benches in all the houses, Geo News reported.
Addressing a press conference here, he vowed to reclaim the mandate, which, according to him, was snatched by "terrorism" in Khyber Pkahtunkhwa.
"Pre-poll attacks on ANP corner meetings was a conspiracy to keep us out of the electoral process, which eventually made it impossible for ANP to connect with its voters. I can say it became one of the causes of our defeat", said an emotional Wali.
He said the most unfortunate thing that dawned upon us in the light of a myriad of evidence was how the terrorists pulled the strings in the polls.
"In the beginning we believed Chief Election Commissioner, Fakhruddin G Ibrahim, was the referee of this match (elections), but now evidence shows it was Hakimullah Mehsud who called the shots in the stead of the former", said he.
He said how could you fight your opponent if you were thrown in the arena with your hands tied.
Wali also announced to constitute a committee to investigate as to why the most popular political party of KPK tanked on its turf.
Top ANP leadership was also present on the occasion.
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