PPP patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. PHOTO: AFP
“I wanted to contest polls living amongst you; I wanted to launch the election campaign in the streets of my country alongside my workers,” he said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
The young PPP chairman also said that the murderers of his grandfather Zulifikar Ali Bhutto and mother Benazir Bhutto were now looking to eliminate him.
“Time has brought us at the same point from where we had started our journey; once again the enemies of peace and prosperity are standing in front of us. They belong to a specific mindset; PPP has fought against this mindset for the past five years and continues to fight it till today. I know that the Janisars of BB Shaheed are waiting anxiously for me, but we are at war against this mindset,” he said.
Bilawal further said, “Hindrances are being created in our way because we don't have any friends sitting in higher institutions who can also give us ‘stay orders’ like others. Today, we are being attacked; corpses are being taken from our houses because we are not Zia’s remnants whose houses are being protected and with whom deals are being signed.”
Bilawal also went on to criticize Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders for having time and money to work on the Metro Bus project at the cost of the poor people of Punjab. “Where are the people who claim to have given rivers of milk and honey to the Punjab? Can't they see the people of South Punjab who are facing many hardships due to the non-provision of basic facilities?”
“People are dying of hunger and poverty and you are doing the politics on the Sasti Rotti scheme,” he added.
Dejected members warned against contesting independently
Bilawal has warned dejected party members who announced to contest the general elections to withdraw their names from seats within 24 hours, or else strict action would be taken against them.
His aunt, former MNA Faryal Talpur, issued a similar warning. “I do not want to hear any slogans against our party. Please do not be foolish. If anyone attempts chanting-anti PPP slogans, we will take action against them,” she said, as reported by a local TV channel, during an emotional speech in Kamber Shahdadkot district.
Sources in the party said that the internal rift between PPP leaders is getting severer by the day, prompting the party leadership to issue such warnings in fear that they may lose out in the upcoming polls.
The PPP leadership’s decision to form an alliance with its arch rivals in particular created resentment among some old guards. The disgruntled members are not willing to accept the party’s move to award tickets to newcomers. Various PPP leaders, including those from Kamber Shahdadkot, Larkana, Ghotki, Sukkur and Tharparkar, have decided to contest the elections as independent candidates against PPP’s nominees. In Ghotki district, the party has allotted a majority of seats to members of the Mahar family who were earlier affiliated with the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid and only recently joined the PPP.
Out of the two national and four provincial assembly seats in Ghotki district, the PPP had allotted one national and two provincial assembly seat to Mahar brothers. Later it awarded yet another National Assembly seat (NA 200) to the Mahar family withdrawing the ticket from its own candidate, Khalid Ahmed Lund, who has now announced to contest the elections against the PPP independently.
Following Bilawal’s warning Jam Saifullah Dhareejo withdrew his decision to contest against Raja Mahar in Ghotki.
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"The young PPP chairman also said that the murderers of his grandfather Zulifikar Ali Bhutto and mother Benazir Bhutto were now looking to eliminate him"
Kyoon janab? Your father claims he knows who the killers are. PPP president, Asif Bhutto Zardari was in power, PPP PM, 5 years of full government and you still did not bring them to justice. Why is that? You cant use that as an excuse now so you have to come up with better excuse for you dismal performance.
That being said, "they" don't care about you. Whole awaam is after president Asif Bhutto Zardari.
It is unfortunate that Pakistan is plagued with these baby politicians who consider it their birthright to rule over their "workers." Having gone to elite schools and Harvard and Oxford themselves, these feudal politicians do not even provide schools with roofs in their own constituencies. A visit to Larkana, Garhi Khuda Baksh, and Naushahro Feroze will open your eyes as to how the people are living in conditions prevalent couple of centuries ago. The only reason these Feudals can lecture the nation is that many in the populace are still willing to listen and to follow them. The MNAs and MPAs from Sindh and Balochistan do not even live in their constituencies, they live in Defence, Clifton, and other posh locales in Karachi with dozens of security guards guarding their houses from the poor masses. On May 11 people will get a chance to vote these feudals and parasites out and bring in fresh faces. Go for parties that are giving tickets to the common man. MQM and PTI and so-called Nationalist Parties do not have many feudals.
When Imran Khan becomes PM, Indus will turn into river of milk and Jhelum into river of honey. Chenab will become river of Dalda oil. So all will have free breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert everyday.
You have lost many Jannisars because of your father's policies and who made the poorer as beggars through BISP which should have been spent on the welfare of the people.
Im sorry i could not bare to read the whole thing. All i have to say is that he now has absolutely NO RIGHT to complain! They had the govt for 5 years! If there are so many problems they should have fixed them! Oh and miss talpur you might be some hot shot who almost always gets what she wants but obviously hypothetically speaking this is still a free country and no we dont care what you want to or dont want to hear! Till boundaries are respected the public has the right to support or resent your party based on there free will!
I would do the same but not due to security threats haha.
Tehreek-e-Insaaf
and what about Sindh poor ?
hahaha, well said by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari,,, you said that you are "assisting senior members" but i think you need to be assist any one.