Bilawal Bhutto invites estranged Old guards to return

Newswire

Larkana: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari this week invited all estranged old guards and other leaders to return to the party fold and join in the ongoing struggle for democracy.

“I invite all those who had been part of PPP during the leadership of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto to join hands with us in our struggle for democracy,” he said while speaking to party workers in Larkana city.

Switching his mass contact campaign to the popular style introduced first by his grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in local politics, Bilawal Bhutto visited several union councils of Larkana to meet lower-cadre activists and local people, seemingly taking them by surprise.

He told a gathering of party workers and supporters in the colony that he had now decided to meet workers within their respective UCs, instead of arranging such meetings at Bilawal House and Naudero House.

He described the party’s organisational setups at UC level as effective and active, and said: “jiyalas should gear up the party’s struggle”.

“I am personally visiting every nook and corner of the country to convey the message of Bhuttoism,” he said

He told the audience that Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had given houses to people but (Prime Minister) Imran Khan rendered them shelterless. Benazir Bhutto gave employment to people but the PM rendered them jobless, he added.

Bilawal Bhutto asked the accompanying ministers — Syed Sardar Shah, Nasir Hussain Shah and Zia Abbas Rizvi — to look into the people’s issues and get them resolved.

Bilawal Bhutto directed them to remain in touch with party workers and other people, accelerate their mass contact campaign and get their problems solved at their doorsteps.

He also called for ensuring continuity of all development works in Larkana. He said they had to play an important role in the prevailing conditions in the country. In this regard, he referred to price hike, bad governance and other issues.