This is the tiger that sucks blood of the people: Bilawal

BADIN, Jan 17 (SABAH): Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman and former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Wednesday said that whenever the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) came to power, the burden always fell on the poor.

Addressing party workers and supporters in Badin, Bilawal Bhutto said the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) believed in the power of the people. “While other political parties are fighting among themselves, we are fighting for you,” he claimed. He further said that all political parties except the PPP were involved in the politics of hatred and division.

He stated that the PPP was the only party that had prepared and presented its manifesto before the nation. Bilawal also mentioned his 10-point agenda if his party emerges victorious in the polls, which includes addressing problems such as poverty, inflation, unemployment and hunger.

Turning his guns on the PML-N, Bilawal said “a person wants to run for the prime minister for a fourth time but he does not have an election campaign or a manifesto”. “He believes in the power of conspiracies he believes in ruling the people,” he said in a veiled dig at PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, his frequent target during election rallies. In the rally, Bilawal alleged that whenever the PML-N came to power, “the burden always fell on the poor”.

“This is the sher (tiger) that sucks the blood of the people,” Bilawal said, referring to PML-N’s electoral symbol, and vowed that the “PPP’s arrow will hunt the sher down”. He urged the public to vote for him and promised that if the PPP came to power, it would change the fate of the country. Towards the end of the rally, Bilawal also took an oath from PPP candidates regarding serving the country when and if elected.

During the rally in Sanghar, Bilawal once again attacked the PML-N and said: “The tiger has become a cat and is hiding at home, he is not ready to hunt.” Referring to his time as foreign minister, Bilawal said: “I have spent 18 months in Islamabad, so I know that there is plenty of money and resources; they just don’t want to spend it on the people.” He vowed that if elected PM, he would abolish 17 federal ministries that had become redundant, adding that the Rs300 billion saved this way would be utilised for the people’s welfare.