Coalition in Sindh: We had no need to join hands with MQM, says Bilawal

Says party joined forces for the sake of democracy.


Sarfraz Memon October 23, 2014

SUKKUR:


The Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarian never needed to form a coalition government in Sindh, but we took the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) along with us for the sake of democracy and politics of reconciliation, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Thursday while addressing party workers in Garhi Khuda Bux on the third death anniversary of Begum Nusrat Bhutto.


During the meeting, Bilawal shouted, “Marsoon marsoon Karachi na desoon”, a slogan that follows earlier chants of “Marsoon Marsoon Sindh na desoon” and “Marsoon marsoon Pakistan na desoon”.

“If the PPP had resorted to a long march, the lion would have shrunk to a cat by now,” Bilawal said, without naming any political party directly.

Paying rich tribute to his grandmother and former party chairperson Begum Nusrat Bhutto, Bilawal said she struggled against the dictatorship of General Ziaul Haq and strove to revive and strengthen democracy in Pakistan.

He invited all the political forces to join hands with the PPP in strengthening democracy in the country, saying “If they do not want to accept our invitation, they should clear out of our way.”

Earlier, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, MNAs Faryal Talpur and Ayaz Soomro, Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani, senior Sindh minister Nisar Khuhro and others visited the mausoleum of the martyrs and laid floral wreaths on the graves of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, Nusrat Bhutto and others and offered fateha. A Quran Khwani was also held at the mazaar and Naudero House.

On Wednesday night, Bilawal celebrated Diwali with the Hindu community at Naudero House. According to the reports, 700 Hindu families from Larkana division were invited to celebrate with the party chairman.

On this occasion, two daughters of MNA Ramesh Lal presented rakhis to Bilawal. Advocate Kalapna Devi, who was also secretary general minority wing of PML-Q, announced to quit PML-Q and joined PPP.


Published in The Express Tribune, October 24th, 2014.

COMMENTS (15)

Abid P. Khan | 9 years ago | Reply

@imran ali: "Bilawal helping MQM ….in creation of another province in sindh by his hate speech and ethnic politics… "

His own mother's, father who had a legal right to be called a Bhutto, started the process of chopping up of the country. It is too late for Baby Bilawal to interrupt the natural course of historical development.

No to PPP PMLN | 9 years ago | Reply

@Pakistani patriot: I agree with you. PPP is seeing its vote bank disappearing so it has decided to play the ethnic card and drum up support by attacking MQM. They were once a national party, now they will be a minority party that will cater only to a few in sindh. Bilawal does not realize he is causing more votes to flow out in order to retain a few. Moreover, he knows without Karachi there is no economic base for the rest of sindh as they have done nothing to develop the province despite having ruled it for 40 years. Today, minus Karachi, sindh is dead last in education, economic and social development. That smacks in face of PPP but they have no shame.

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