Ayaz Amir left PML(N) when he was denied a ticket from Chakwal, his home constituency. Upon denial of a ticket, Mr. Ayaz Amir announced his resignation from PML(N). On this occasion Mr. Amir said that he and his panel would unconditionally support Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf candidate.
Mr. Ayaz Amir was turned down in favour of Tahir Iqbal who the PML(N) officials thought had better chances of winning. However, with the support of Ayaz Amir, it’s not just PTI vs PML(N), but the votes of PML(N) are divided now too. These divided votes are going to go into PTI’s poll box. This is going to be a bigger advantage of PTI. With the support of Ayaz Amir and his panel, it looks like PTI’s candidate is going to easily win from that constituency.
However, it is not just the home constituency of Ayaz Amir where PML(N) is going to face a tough time. There are a total of four seats NA-60, NA-61, PP-20, and PP-22 where the support of PML(N) has split. This one half of PML(N) vote bank is now going to vote for PTI.
Mr. Ayaz Amir’s open criticism of the Party leadership’s handling of the party affairs is said to be the major reason of denying a ticket to him. He was the only one who would not hesitate to criticize any wrong doings in the party. Due to this attitude of Mr. Ayaz Amir he was given a cold shoulder by party leadership. He has now withdrawn his nomination papers and is going to support PTI candidate. However, whether Ayaz Amir can turn PML(N) vote bank into PTI voters, remains to be seen, and if he does, it is going to be a serious blow to PML(N).