Lahore : After the enhanced political activities of Tareen-like minded group in Punjab, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar has also been proactive and has met more than 50 Punjab assembly members within last two days, sources claimed on Thursday.
According to Sources, doors of Chief Minister House are now open for Punjab lawmakers and they can meet CM from 10-11 am in the morning, without any appointments.
Sources also claim that Tareen-like minded group also met CM Buzdar. The Chief Minister made it clear during the meetings that all the administrative decisions are made with consultation of assembly members. Development funds have been allocated to every city. There is no question of political victimization against anyone, CM said.
A day earlier, PTI’s Tareen had announced that his supporters decided to form a separate group after the Punjab government initiated “revenge actions” against his supporters.
Tareen, however, quickly denied reports he was forming a forward bloc in the party. “We were part of the PTI, we are part of the PTI and we will continue to remain part of the PTI,” he had said, after appearing for a hearing at a banking court in Lahore.
He accused the Punjab government of transferring officers of the ministers that were loyal to Tareen, “left, right and centre”, and were putting pressure on them.
The PTI leader said the pro-Tareen group had, as a result, decided to “raise their voices against this in the Punjab Assembly”.
Tareen had said members of his group had decided to nominate MPA Saeed Akbar Niwani to “lead the discussions” against the alleged revenge tactics of the Punjab government, in the assembly.
He blamed the media for making a huge deal about the news.
Tareen had also urged the Punjab government to “stop with their actions”, adding that the lawmakers who are part of the Tareen group are “your MPAs and you [Buzdar] became the chief minister by their votes”.
In response to a question, Tareen had said the Punjab government had taken revenge from members of his group in other matters as well but he would rather not go into the details.
