KARACHI: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto has endorsed the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) decision to submit resignations of all lawmakers to respective party leaders by December 31.
“We have set the January 31 deadline for PM Imran Khan to resign or else we will force you to go home,” party’s chairman Bilawal Bhutto said while addressing a presser at Media Cell of Bilawal House after the Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting of the party earlier in the day.
The party’s high-level huddle discussed four-point agenda, including the en masse resignation of PPP lawmakers from the National Assembly and Senate on the call of 11 opposition parties.
“We believe that the opposition parties can perform better if they jointly contest the Senate elections against the PTI,” he said, adding, “We will challenge the incumbent government from within the assemblies.”
The PPP Chairman further said that their party policy is to act as per the PDM’s action plan. He also denied that the PDM has decided on resignations, saying that any decision on submitting resignations would be taken after consultation.
“A meeting of the PDM will decide on the timings of the resignations,” Bilawal Bhutto said. “We will attack the incumbent government from all sides,” he said while terming the resignations as an atomic bomb and said that that the CEC had not rejected the option.
The chairman further rejected the approval of the 2017 census by the federal cabinet and said that it should be reviewed. “We will contact with the coalition partners of the incumbent government who have expressed their reservations over the census process,” he added.
