Long-marchers could have wrapped-up democracy: Qadri

LAHORE: Tehrik-e-Minhajul Quran chief Dr Tahirul Qadri said that long marchers in Islamabad were so enthusiastic that they could have occupied the parliament house over his orders, Geo News reported Saturday.

Addressing a press conference, the cleric said that his orders might have led to overthrowing of democracy. The second option, he said, was to continue with the policy of being peaceful which eventually forced rulers to negotiate with him.

Qadri said that arrangements had been finalized to launch an operation against the marchers on May 16. He claimed that the police deployed for the security of the march had decided to defy any order of crackdown against the marchers.