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PESHAWAR, Sep 30 (APP):The parliamentary leader of Pakistan People’s Party in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly, Ahmad Karim Kundi, on Monday slammed the Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur over harsh statements and aggressive protests in Punjab and said that instead of legal and constitutional battle the CM and PTI leadership had chosen undemocratic way.
Speaking in the provincial assembly, he said that under Article 154 of the constitution the Chief Minister could request the Prime Minister to convene a meeting of the Council of Common Interest (CCI) in case of any grievance but unfortunately the CCI meeting was not convened so far.
He said that PPP always supported functioning of all the institutions within their constitutional ambit, adding that the party lost two of its great leaders for democracy but never ever provoked people for violent protests.
He said that despite all odds the PTI got full media coverage of all of its protests but on the contrary PPP peacefully fought for almost 50-year for case against Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto without any media support and never ever took law in hand or cause damage to the public properties in any case rather people committed suicide in protest against hanging of Zulfiqar Ali but did not cause damage to public properties.
He recalled that from 1945 to 2010 the martial law was imposed after every ten-year but PPP permanently ended this practice by getting the18th constitutional amendment passed from the parliament.
The PPP parliamentary leader said CCI was the right platform to fight for the rights of the province and take up the issues of electricity, gas, water, and tobacco but unfortunately the provincial government was busy abusing the resources of a poor province by organizing public gatherings and protests in other cities of the country.
He said that the local representatives had been sitting at home for two and a half years as they had no power or resources. Similarly, 5.5 million children in the province were out of school, the foreign dignitaries and locals were being targeted in the province, but the priorities of the provincial government were different and it seemed that they wanted to derail the democratic process in the country.
Referring to constitutional courts, he said the party endorses the constitution of these courts. Kundi said as long as PTI was in power and enjoying support of undemocratic forces, everything was fine, adding that the PTI candidates were elected on the basis of public sympathy rather the performance.