Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari is expected to take on the Punjab government for not transferring powers to local governments in his first public gathering in Rahim Yar Khan scheduled on Saturday.
PPP’s senior leaders say that Bilawal will also speak about the government’s tactics to steal the party’s mandate in RY Khan – the only district where the PPP had secured a majority in local government elections.
PPP south Punjab president Makhdoom Ahmed Mehmood says that Bilawal’s public appearance in RY Khan will resonate across the Punjab.
“PPP’s vote bank is still strong. The victory of the party in RY Khan is proof of that. This will be the opening rally for the PPP chairman. Next, he will tour other cities in south Punjab,” he says.
Mehmood says the party PPP will regain some of the lost ground this way.
Candidates backed by the PPP took 80 out of 139 seats in RY Khan in the local government elections. Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz candidates secured 46 seats and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) candidates won two seats.
Javed Akbar Dhillion, a former PPP former MPA from RY Khan, says preparations for the procession are in full swing.
“Jiyalas are very excited about Bilawal’s arrival. This will be a historic event,” he says.
He says the PPP chairman will visit Bahawalpur where he will attend some meetings with the party’s office bearers and workers.
He said the party’s top leadership would attend the public meeting on Saturday.
Wish him well under the protection and guidance of the 'uncles'. But adding to disaster for PPP wherever he goes – Badin in Sind and Lyari in Karachi to mention.
Historic moment for jiyalas
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