Candidates seeking vote will face public wrath in elections: Sheikh Rashid
Pakistan
Says poverty and inflation-hit people have no enthusiasm for elections
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Former interior minister and Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday the candidates approaching people for vote would face the music for what they had done with the public.
Speaking to media outside the district courts of Rawalpindi, the former interior minister said Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa had categorically stated that elections were going to be held in February. He said he had no authority to say anything about elections.
Rashid said people had no feelings or enthusiasm for general elections. Hunger, poverty and inflation had hit them hard, he said.
He said people were unable to pay their electricity bills, school fees of their children and purchase flour. The situation had gone out of their control, said the AML head.
Rashid said the real issue was poor economic condition. He said he had been contesting elections since his childhood. The feeling and enthusiasm which were required for general elections, was nowhere among people, Rashid said.
The senior politician said he would start his election campaign from Dec 10. "I have alliance with Allah. He will give me victory in both constituencies of Rawalpindi. Election symbol qalam and dawat (pen and inkpot) will win both seats in the upcoming elections," said the former minister.
Rashid said there was a good news that he had secured bail in a case registered at the Aabpara police station. He said on Nov 30 in the Lahore High Court's Rawalpindi bench he would come to know how many cases had been registered against him.
He said he had 68 cases against him so far. "God will give me success. All the cases registered against me are bogus and fake," he said.
