Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Punjab President Mian Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo on Wednesday has said that the PPP was in competition with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) because both of the parties were the rightist parties representing the upper middle class.
Addressing a press conference, he said that the PPP predominantly represented the lower middle class with liberal and progressive orientations that harmonised with political philosophy of its founding leaders.
He said that the PPP was supporting democracy to attain political stability in the country that should not be treated as support to the present government. He further said that no country could develop on a sustainable basis without political stability and economic development as they are intimately linked.
Wattoo said that former president Asif Ali Zardari’s two-week tour of Punjab had infused new energy in the party rank and file as a result of extensive interaction with leaders and workers hailing from seven divisions of central Punjab. He said that Co-Chairman Zardari had conveyed his deep appreciations to the PPP Punjab leaders and others who made his tour a big success.
The PPP leader further said that Patron-in-Chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari would come to Punjab soon because the task of organisation of the party was focus of their attention. He added that his focus was also on the organisational aspects of the PPP Punjab chapter and that he intended to complete it within next two months. He claimed once the organisation of the party was complete at all tiers then no political force would be able to defeat the PPP.
He said that the PPP Punjab was confident to send as many as 25,000 people to Karachi to participate in the October 18 rally that would be addressed by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. He also confirmed that he did not see the holding of local bodies elections in the province because the provincial government did not want to empower the people at grass-roots level.
He, however, observed that the PPP was ready to contest local bodies elections any time and would surprise many because the party was in a position to win the same. The PPP suffered the political setback in the May 2013 elections because the mandate was stolen through returning officers (ROs), he added.
PPP Punjab Secretary General Tanvir Ashraf Kaira and other party leaders were also present.
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