Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday has claimed that only PPP could finish the problem of poverty and unemployment as other parties were settling their personal issues with their leaders contesting elections.
The announcement about this has been made by Bhutto during the election rally at Tandliwala in Faisalabad, adding that, “We are contesting the polls to save people from the poverty and unemployment.”
Chairman Bhutto said that except PPP, no other party had made their manifesto public. Noting to this, he said that, “We have the manifesto of Shaheed Quaid-i-Awam (Zulfikar Ali Bhutto) and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto who gave us an ideology. We have 10-point economic agenda for the welfare of the people to be implemented with the support of the masses.”
He expressed the hope that a jiayala would be prime minister, while another would be chief minister of Punjab after the February 8 elections. He said some forces were under the impression that by martyring Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto they could eliminate PPP, crush the poor and check the advance of jiyalas.
He declared that, “I want to give a message to them that we are not the ones who bow down and retreat. We are ready to contest against all the political forces and prove that the Bhutto of Punjab is still alive and we will snatch back our rights. We will save people from the anti-poor, anti-grower and anti-masses parties that have been imposed on Punjab.”
He said credit went to the people of Faisalabad for making Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto prime ministers through the power of their vote making the two leaders of the poor, labourers, growers and youth.
He expressed the hope that people would again vote for the establishment of an awami government.
He promised that, “If you support us the way you supported Shaheed Quaid-i-Awam and Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, we will once again tackle the issue of poverty, inflation and unemployment.”
Bhutto made directions to the workers to knock at every door and telling people that PPP, if voted to power, would be offering 300 units of electricity to the poor free-of-cost, provide free quality education, and free quality health services so that people would not have to face difficulty of going abroad for treatment.
