According to political analysts, after the general elections in February Sindh I will come to power for the fourth time Pakistan People’s Party limited to the Sindh Assembly Discord party A situation like ‘one-party rule’ is available in the province in the presence of
The current 168-member Sindh Assembly has 130 general seats, 29 for women and nine for religious minorities.
Among them are 118 members of Sindh Assembly of Pakistan People’s Party, one member of Jamaat-e-Islami, 37 members of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Pakistan and eight members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, including seats for women and religious minorities.
Apart from this, Amir Jamaat-e-Islami has announced to leave the seat after becoming a member of the assembly, however, by-elections have not been held on this seat yet.
The two successful candidates of Pakistan Muslim League (Factional) from Sanghar and Khairpur have not taken oath as members of the Sindh Assembly due to their party’s protest over the election results.
According to Fayyaz Naich, a political analyst and anchor of Sindhi TV channel Awaz News, a strong opposition in any assembly is considered the beauty of democracy, which is not present in the Sindh Assembly at present, due to which Sindh is ‘one Party rule’ or one-party rule is established.
Speaking to Independent Urdu, Fayyaz Naich said: ‘In the presence of a strong opposition in the House, it is very difficult for the government to introduce anti-people projects. Due to the very weak opposition at the moment, there is no one to challenge the plans proposed by the provincial government of Pakistan People’s Party.
According to political analyst and senior journalist Abdul Razzaq Abaro, who has been covering the Sindh Assembly for the past three decades: ‘This is the first time during the four provincial governments of the PPP in Sindh that the ruling party has got a very weak opposition in the provincial house. .’
Speaking to Independent Urdu, Abdul Razzaq Abaro said: “At that time, the majority of the members of the opposition parties in the Sindh Assembly, including MQM, Jamaat-e-Islami and PTI, were elected from Karachi.” A few members belong to Hyderabad. There is not a single opposition member from all the districts except Karachi and Hyderabad.
“Since the majority of the members belong to Karachi and Hyderabad, the opposition in the Sindh Assembly raises its voice regarding the development plan of these two cities, but there is no voice in the assembly for the projects of other parts of the province.”
He said that MQM is working as a friendly opposition instead of a strong opposition in the assembly, while PTI is not playing an effective role of the opposition in the Sindh Assembly due to the political crisis in the country. able to do
In such a situation, it is logical to raise questions on the transparency of the ruling party’s performance in the Sindh Assembly.
Talking about the massive success of the Pakistan People’s Party candidates and the failure of the anti-PPP candidates in Sindh, Fayyaz Naich said: “In the past, the nominees of the Pakistan Muslim League were successful in many seats of the Sindh Assembly, which later I used to play the role of strong opposition in the assembly.
Due to the flexible policy of the experienced PPP leadership towards the opponents, the powerful political families of all the districts of Sindh became part of the PPP. Hence PPP sweeps all districts except Karachi and Hyderabad.
Apart from this, the Sindhi nationalists outside the assembly used to give a tough time to the PPP provincial government on any issue or controversial project. But now they are also weakened. Therefore, the PPP government on any issue including cutting of granite from Karunjhar mountain range of Thar or proposals of various canals on the Indus river including Thal Kanal, Reni Kanal by the federal government, proposals of amendments to the Indus River System Authority Act. There is no protest going on.’
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Sindh’s provincial ruling party has rejected the impression that PPP is ruling under ‘one party rule’ in Sindh.
President of Pakistan People’s Party Karachi Division and Local Government Minister Sindh Saeed Ghani raised the question in a conversation with Independent Urdu that how can Pakistan People’s Party be called a ‘one party’ government in Sindh?
At present, Sindh Provincial Assembly consists of 168 members, of which 118 members belong to Pakistan People’s Party and the remaining 50 belong to various political parties including MQM, Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf.
“Majority of the opposition members in the Sindh Assembly are from Karachi and some from Hyderabad and the absence of opposition members representing the rest of the province is not our fault. We have officially reached the Assembly by winning the general elections organized by the Election Commission from the remaining districts of Karachi and Hyderabad.
Saeed Ghani said: ‘Two members of the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional were successful. They used to sit in the assembly taking oath and play the role of opposition on the affairs of the province.
But the two members of the Functional League did not take the oath even after several months of the assembly coming into being. Not only did they not take oath, but they also did not vacate their seats so that someone else could contest the election and represent the people there in the assembly.
When he was asked that due to the lack of opposition on the issues of Sindh in the Sindh Assembly, several controversial projects proposed on the Indus River, including the Rainy Canal and Thal Canal, were being started, Saeed Ghani said: ‘Controversial projects on the Indus River. are being initiated by the federal government. Pakistan People’s Party opposed him on the floor of Sindh Assembly. The party leaders strongly protested this.
“The granite mining lease at Karunjhar was issued before our government came. However, we opposed the felling and declared a large part of the Karunjhar hill as a protected area.
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2024-09-21 18:18:10
