After mayhem in the Punjab Assembly (PA) ahead of the election of chief minister on Saturday, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry termed the prevailing situation in the country an outcome of the Supreme Court’s delay in the interpretation of Article A-63 focusing on dissenters.

In a tweet, Fawad said, “The biggest responsibility for the current situation in the country lies in the Supreme Court’s failure to decide the case regarding the future of the lotas [dissenters]”.

اس وقت ملک میں جو حالات ہیں اس کی سب سے بڑی ذمہ داری سپریم کورٹ کےلوٹوں کے مستقبل کے حوالے سے کیس کا فیصلہ نہ کرنے سے جڑی ہوئ ہے،اگر آئین کا آرٹیکل 63-A اصل روح میں نافذ کر دیا جاتا تو حالات میں تناؤ کہیں کم ہوتا اسپیکر کی رولنگ پر انتہائ تیزی اور لوٹوں کیخلاف کیس عام کیس لیا گیا

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 16, 2022

He added that the tension would have not been so intense if Article A-63 was enforced in its true spirit.

Fawad criticized that the case against the deputy speaker’s ruling was taken up speedily but the case regarding lotas was taken up as a normal case.

The ex-minister said in this light of the mayhem in the Punjab Assembly (PA) on the election day for the new chief minister.

PA session became a battleground and echoed with the chants and slogans. PA Deputy Speaker Dost Muhammad Mazari was assaulted by the PTI members while he was trying to convene the session to elect the Leader of the House.

Read more: Dost Muhammad Mazari assaulted in Punjab Assembly

The assembly’s Speaker Pervez Elahi, who is contesting against Hamza Shehbaz for the post, has also been injured badly in the scuffle and claimed his arm has been fractured.

Talking to the media, he accused Hamza’s goons attacked him. He also held the Punjab Police inspector general (IG) responsible for the unrest in the assembly and asked, “How did the police enter the building? They [police] have never entered the assembly since the creation of Pakistan” Elahi said the IG will be sent to jail for a month.