Afghan President Hamid Karzai is coming under pressure for the inauguration of new Parliament, elections for which was held on 18th September. Final results for the elections were announced last week and around 80 MPs demanded that lower house of Parliament be inaugurated at the earliest. President Hamid Karzai has responded by saying that he is bound by the provisions of constitution and will abide by it. Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, a prominent MP, asserted that elections have been transparent and MPs should get to work. Another MP said the inauguration should not be delayed as Parliament has to carry important business including approval of six ministerial posts. However, those who have lost are still pinning their hopes on investigations carried out by Attorney General Office into alleged irregularities during elections. Election commission has maintained that results announced are final and will not be changed. The commission had nullified around a quarter of votes cast on charges of fraud which invited criticism from several candidates. UN and US had given their backing to the final results saying country’s election commission has done commendable job under difficult circumstances.AIR correspondent Santosh Kumar reports from Kabul that it is going to be three months since elections were held but new Parliament is yet to be constituted in Afghanistan. That shows the complexity of Afghan elections and challenges before emerging democracy in the war-torn country. The results are disputed by many and country’s Attorney General office has alleged that many seats were sold out in the money market. Several candidates have staged demonstrations to oppose nullification of their votes and demanded repelling. President Karzai has tried to maintain a neutral position by advising failed candidates to take legal recourse. The election results are also a setback to majority Pashtun community as they have lost around 20 seats compared to existing Parliament. This happened as Taliban dominate most of Pashtun areas and thousands of people not able to vote. Analysts believe this may further alienate Pashtuns and make them to join Taliban ranks.