Karachi, September 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): Chairman Pakistan People’s Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari addressing the public at Saidan Wala Chowk, Multan said that he is grateful to the workers of the PPP who showed up with such fervour. He said that the people of this land, Multan, have never disappointed the PPP. They have always supported the Party. When Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto approached the people of Multan, they were welcomed with open arms.
Chairman Bilawal said that he still remembers when the entire Multan had welcomed the PPP when it had initiated a movement against the puppet PM and his regime. The people of Multan had made their decision apparent to Islamabad and demanded for the selected PM to be ousted from the office. When we reached Islamabad, we used the democratic tool of the no confidence to end the selected rule.
At the time of the countrywide bye-elections, we had sent Musa Gillani to the people for campaigning in this regard, the workers of Multan ran a marvellous campaign. At a time when those in power themselves were losing the bye-elections, Musa Gillani, the representative of the PPP emerged victorious.
The people of Multan did not bow down to or cower down from any sort of pressure. Even at that time, we had stressed on not running from elections. A delay could happen, but elections cannot be evaded. As was in the case of the bye-elections, the people of Multan will not disappoint us now either. We have never tried to avoid the elections, we as a party have always believed in combatting democratically.
We did not run from the elections even when our beloved leader, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was martyred. We are a party that has contested in elections while shouldering the coffins of our martyrs.
In the 2013 elections, Ali Haider Gillani was kidnapped to spread terror and allow for rigging to take place. That was an unsuccessful attempt at creating fear in our hearts and we contested in the elections. Currently, there are entities that want to distance the people from the institutions.
The May 9 conspiracy is before all of us. It is our responsibility, that of political workers to combat these anti-people, puppet political parties democratically in every province. The people will emerge victorious, as will the symbol of the arrow and the Pakistan People’s Party.
Chairman Bilawal said that they will set out for Muzaffargarh tomorrow and then to Lahore for a CEC meeting of the Party. We will return to Multan for the election campaign and will work hard to be triumphant just as we did for Quaid-e-Awam and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
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