Addressing a mammoth public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan here, Dr Qadri cited Article 245 whereby elections could be extended beyond 90-day mandatory period for the purpose of holding elections strictly in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.
The public meeting was held under the slogan of 'Siasat Naheen, Riasat Bachao' (Save state, not politics). Emphasising upon his "reform" agenda, Dr Qadri warned that if changes were not brought about in 18 days, he would lead on January 14 march towards Islamabad where he would create a 'Parliament of People'.
Criticising the government for a very high incidence of corruption and stranglehold of feudal system, Dr Qadri said that the people would not accept the two-party arrangement for neutral care-taker set up, despite it being in accordance with the 20th Amendment.
Vowing to resist the imposition of what he termed a "political martial law", he said the situation had worsened over the past four years, adding that the country had scored 22 points higher on an international corruption index.
According to him, other political parties which favoured such a change on the national political front would also be included in the national effort.
Pledging to follow in the footsteps of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Dr Qadri asserted that he believed in politics of "faith, unity, respect of law and a clean political culture".
Highlighting a lack of concrete measures in the national political fibre, he pointed out that the country was nearing an economic collapse.
Referring to the worsening law and order situation, he said the government had lost its right to govern.
Referring to a surge in the incidents of terrorism and extremism in the country, he said that although he did not support elements behind perpetrating acts of terrorism, targeting innocent people, mosques, Imambargahs and other national institutions, he backed all those who were fighting against foreign aggression and drone attacks and removal of the corrupt. He urged all such elements to help him in his "just endeavours". Asking elements involved in "armed struggle" to come forward and join hands with him to "strengthen Pakistan and make it a respectable and peaceful country", he said that according to Articles 3 and 9 of Constitution, things should now be subject to Constitution. Persons, he warned, who did not abide by the Constitution would be pushed into the sea.
On a number of occasions, he strongly sought to dispel the impression that he was trying to derail the upcoming general elections. However, he insisted that election must be held strictly in accordance with clause 3 of Article 218 of the Constitution.
He asserted that if the goal was to pre-empt army interference, the system in the country needed to be "very much clean as per rule of law".
He said the only way to stop interference from any quarter was to remove corrupt and sham democracy involved in exploiting national resources and the masses. Dr Qadri rejected the idea that he was here to carry out someone else's agenda and claimed that he was only committed to the larger national interest. A number of MQM leaders also attended the function.