Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan alleged that the recently held general elections in the country were rigged and demanded a re-election without the deployment of security forces.

Addressing a protest gathering of his party in his hometown of Charsadda on Monday, Asfandyar said that ANP leaders Mian Iftikhar and Haji Ghulam Ahmad Bilour would represent the party at an all-party conference (APC) scheduled in Islamabad and would abide by any decision taken there.

He informed that the gathering that he has allowed ANP’s Balochistan chapter to be part of the provincial government with Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) as Mengal has been an old ally.

The ANP chief said that his party did not believe in violence, but “don’t push us against the wall.”

“We can easily win elections if they’re held under human supervision and not under ‘aliens’,” Asfandyar said borrowing the metaphor from ousted premier Nawaz Sharif.

“Those on duty pushed out our polling agents and then counted the votes their own way,” claimed Asfandyar, who has lost his home constituency.