Welcoming the arrest of former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday expressed hope that the power of democracy and law that was equal for all would continue in the future so that the people of Pakistan could get an opportunity to elect a leader of their choice.
“It is a full circle for Pervez Musharraf, the great dictator, the army general, who used to epitomise the voice of Pakistan… Today he is running for cover, he almost ran away from the court. That is indeed a part of democracy. What Musharraf did against India is too well known. But as far as Pakistan was concerned, it was a case of murder, mayhem, deliberate breaking of the system, seeking to overawe the judiciary. All has come full circle,” said BJP chief spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad.
“It was a very historic day in the history of Pakistan. I only wish that this power of democracy, the rule of law is equal for all, a small Pakistani or an army general, will continue in the future so that the people of Pakistan get the opportunity to elect a leader of their choice,” he added.
Musharraf was arrested on Friday morning from his farmhouse in a case relating to sacking of judges following which he was granted two days transit remand by an Islamabad magistrate’s court.