Lahore – The Unification Bloc MPA Arshad Jutt had demanded Rs 50 million for joining PPP but the party refused to adopt turncoats, said former ministers of Punjab cabinet Tuesday. Addressing a news conference held at Lahore Press Club (LPC), Pakistan People’s Party PPP’s former minister for population welfare, Neelam Jabbar added that the PPP did not believe in horse-trading and had turned down all offers of turncoats in the past.
Neelam said PPP believes in serving the masses and turncoats adopted a conflicting goal of gaining personal benefits at the cost of their loyalties. She added that the PPP never made any offer to politicians for joining the party. Neelam said in past, Jutt had wanted to prove himself as the most loyal pawn to PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif. Nawaz himself was a product of the turncoat culture and he wanted to end his political scenario in the same way.
When asked about the recording of the conversation released by Jutt, she said, “This is not my voice”, adding that this was a forged tape by him to gain cheap popularity. It was easy to fetch people like Jutt as they were always on sale for their vested interests, she added. Among others, the expelled PPP provincial ministers Tanveer Ashraf Kaira, Ashraf Sohna, Dr Tanvir-ul-Islam, Haji Ishaq and Farooq Yousaf Ghurki were also present.
Arshad Jutt was ready to join PPP for Rs 50m: Neelam
