PTI likely to contest polls on another symbol due to their own \u2018blunder\u2019: Bilawal
\nMULTAN
\nPakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) messed up its intra-party elections, hence, they would probably have to contest elections on another symbol.
\n\u201cMaybe they will have to fight the election on another symbol because of their gaffes,\u201d PPP chief Bilawal said addressing media outside Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Rana Mahmood ul Hassan\u2019s house in Multan. On this occasion, Rana Mahmood ul Hassan announced his decisiont o jump ship and join PPP.
\nBilawal said the PTI founder wanted to get into power through rigging elections. The elections reforms would have been better, if the PTI founder had supported the PPP, he added.
\nBilawal said they would fight no matter how the \u201cpitch\u201d was in the general elections scheduled to be held on February 8. All the political parties represented elites but his party represented poor masses, farmers, labourers and students, he said.
\n\u201cOthers are looking (for help) in one direction or the other, but we are looking towards the people as our ideology is different from other parties,\u201d he said adding that one wanted to escape from prison, the other wanted to get out of it.
\nThe PPP chief said his party would give a surprise on February 8. The candidates should begin their election campaign and nobody should remain under the illusion that polls would not be held, he said.
\nBilawal reiterated to provide financial aid to labourers through \u201cBenazir Mazdoor Card\u201d. He also said education and any other necessity of the youth would be fulfilled.
\n\u201cThe other parties give relief to the rich and hurt the underprivileged. While we consider the common men centre of power and we want to become their ladla (blue-eyed boy),\u201d he said adding that they made arrangements for themselves no matter if they got level-playing field or not.
\nHe blamed Imran Khan for succeeding in rigging general elections last time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PTI likely to contest polls on another symbol due to their own \u2018blunder\u2019: Bilawal MULTAN Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday said the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) messed up its intra-party elections, hence, they would probably have to contest elections on another symbol. \u201cMaybe they will have to fight the election on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380668,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n