Pakistan
PTI people caught red-handed stamping ballot papers night before polling: Bilawal
PPP chairman says PTI has sunk to new depths in its attempts to rig LB pollsÂ
Karachi: While responding to the allegation of rigging in the ongoing local body (LB) polls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has said that PTI people were caught red-handed stamping ballot papers the night before polling in Peshawar on Sunday.
In a series of tweet, Bilawal Bhutto said that the ruling party is resorting to violence and rigging, and trying to undermine people's choice. “PTI has sunk to new depths in its attempts to rig LB polls.”
"In Peshawar PTI people were caught red-handed stamping ballot papers the night before polling. All day, there have been reports of PTI [members] ransacking polling stations attacking polling staff including women," he tweeted.
The PPP chairman said that the ruling party had taken rigging to a new level, which shows the desperation and unpopularity of the government it leads. "This is what a desperately unpopular government looks like," he added.
Bilawal called on the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to take action against the alleged rigging and ensure free and fair elections.
He also urged the people of KP to come in large numbers to use their right to vote instead of getting dissuaded by "PTI's tactics", and requested the PPP workers to report violations to the party's election cells or directly to the ECP.
Referring to the fatal attack on ANP's candidate in Dera Ismail Khan on Saturday night, the PPP chairman alleged that the incident was also part of a series of events that emerged before and during the ballot.
He said that the deceased candidate's family has accused a PTI minister of trying to bribe him [candidate] and later killing him.