Is Imran Khan's 'announcement to quit the assemblies' the best political ploy or just a face-saving card?
Ever since the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf decided to hold a meeting in Rawalpindi instead of Islamabad on November 26, there was talk about what Imran Khan would do next in this meeting.
From the
beginning of Imran Khan's Real Azadi March, it seemed that now he and his party
would finally reach Islamabad and camp and then remain there until the election
date was met. A special reason for this was the 126-day dharna of
Tehreek-e-Insaf against the Nawaz Sharif government in 2014 at D Chowk.
Before
starting his 'True Freedom March', Imran Khan held rallies across the country
and won a majority in the by-elections held during this period. Imran Khan,
declaring himself the most popular political leader of the country on these
results, has been demanding early elections from the government.
But what
Imran Khan said on reaching Rawalpindi was probably not even in the imagination
of many political experts. It is another matter that during this period,
Tehreek-e-Insaaf also made several compromises.
At first,
Tehreek-e-Insaf backed away from the announcement of its entry into Islamabad,
after that the former ruling party could not even get the location of Faizabad
and their gathering was pushed to the Sixth Road of Rawalpindi with strict
conditions. .
On
reaching Rawalpindi, Imran Khan said in his speech that "We have taken a
decision and have started leaving all the assemblies."
Addressing
the participants of the Long March, he said that instead of destroying our
country, instead of destroying our country, it is better that we get out of
this corrupt system and not be a part of this system, where these thieves They
are sitting and forgiving their cases worth billions of rupees every day.
Imran
Khan told the participants that he is not going to Islamabad now because 'when
millions of people go to Islamabad, no one can stop them but I am deciding not
to go to Islamabad because I know it will cause disaster'. .
The BBC
spoke to political analysts and experts closely following the march on Imran
Khan's announcement and decision.
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Imran Khan apparently had no way back and this announcement was the last card.
Speaking
to the BBC, Farzana Ali, bureau chief of private TV channel Aaj News in
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said that Imran Khan apparently had no way back
and this announcement was the last card he played.
According
to him, he also asked the former Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez
Khattak that what would happen if Rawalpindi took even one lakh people, in
response he said that he also did not know what Imran Khan decided to go there.
Do that will be our decision.
According
to Farzana Ali, it was not possible for Tehreek-e-Insaaf to prolong its
movement due to the fact that funds are required for meetings, processions and
dharnas, while the leaders of Tehreek-e-Insaaf were now also seen complaining
about the lack of funds. .
According
to senior analyst Sohail Waraich, Imran Khan's announcement is the first
serious step taken by him. According to him, this option was available to Imran
Khan from the first day but he did not use this option. According to Sohail
Waraich, this is a very 'series threat' because instead of returning to the
assembly, he is also resigning from the provincial assemblies.
"It means they refuse to reconcile with the system."
Journalist
and analyst Asma Shirazi, who has a close eye on the politics of the military
establishment, Imran Khan and Tehreek-e-Insaf, thinks that Imran Khan's
announcement is face-saving because it is an announcement and not a decision.
According to him, Imran Khan has said that we will consult.
It should
be noted that Imran Khan while addressing the meeting of Tehreek-e-Insaaf in
Rawalpindi said that 'I have spoken to the chief ministers (of Punjab and
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), I am also consulting with the parliamentary party, the
announcement will be made in the coming days. We will do that on the day we are
leaving all the assemblies.'
According
to Asma Shirazi, Imran Khan thought that an 'event' should be created which
will continue to be debated in the media and thus Tehreek-e-Insaaf will get
face saving.
In the
opinion of Sohail Waraich, it would have been better if Imran Khan would have
returned to Isbamli, whatever the government was advising him to do and then he
would have made electoral reforms, formed a caretaker government, and consulted
on it. However, according to him, staying out of the assemblies will lead to anarchy.
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