Opposition Walked Out Against Opposition From National Assembly
On the assembly floor, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto called PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal a paper-only office-bearer of the party
In a novel occurrence, the opposition parties including PML-N and JUI-F walked out from the national assembly over the remarks of chairman of another opposition party, PPP.
On the first day of the budget session on Monday, the national assembly (NA) discussed the tragic Gothki rail crash in which at least 50 people were killed and more than 100 passengers were injured.
When Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto took the assembly floor, he called Pakistan Muslim League – Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal a paper-only office bearer of the party.
“ملک کی غریب عوام جو ٹرین میں سفر کرتے ہیں ان کا سفر محفوظ نہیں ہے اور جب ہم اس پر ایوان کی توجہ دلوانا چاہتے ہیں تو یہاں لوگ اس پر بات کرنے کے بجائے اپنی سیاست چمکانے لگ جاتے ہیں۔”
چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری کا قومی اسمبلی میں خطاب@BBhuttoZardari pic.twitter.com/wws7g5NyhD— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) June 7, 2021
Earlier before Bilawal was assigned the mic, Ahsan Iqbal had criticized the speaker for providing Bilawal a chance to speak first despite that PML-N was the largest party in the lower house.
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After this, Ahsan Iqbal belabored Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government for frequent rail crashes after Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry defended his government on the tragic incident and put its onus on years-long negligence of the past regimes.
Amid recrimination against each other, the remarks by PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto enraged opposition members from PML-N and JUI-F.
Later, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal took to his Twitter account and said that he did not mind what Bilawal said as he was younger than his eldest son and yet to learn many things.
He expressed that PTI often terms PPP chairman a product of ‘paper will’ and added that it was incomprehensible for him why Bilawal attacked him with such words.
بلاول بھٹو عمر میں میرے بڑے بیٹے سے چھوٹا ہے-بچوں کی بات کا برا نہیں مناتے درگزر کرتے ہیں انہیں ابھی بہت کچھ سیکھنا ہوتا ہے-“کاغذی وصیت” کا ان پر حملہ تو PTI والے کرتے ہیں پتہ نہیں انہیں مجھ پر “کاغذی” وار کرنے کی ضرورت کیوں محسوس ہوئی؟ https://t.co/7w07PhheHb
— Ahsan Iqbal (@betterpakistan) June 7, 2021
Moreover, Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry commented that the opposition’s narrative of economic destruction had died its own death and the rifts between opposition parties would decimate their politics.
مہنگائ اور معیشت کی تباھی کا اپوزیشن کا بیانیہ اپنی موت آپ مر گیا ہے اب اپوزیشن کے اندرونی اختلافات اورلیڈرشپ کی لڑائ ان کی رہی سہی سیاست کو فارغ کر دے گی،اپوزیشن کی سنجیدہ پارلیمانی لیڈرشپ انتخابی اصلاحات پر بات کرنا چاہتی ہے لیکن غیر سنجیدہ قیادت راستے میں رکاوٹ ہے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) June 8, 2021
Notably, PPP had distanced itself from Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) after the election of the opposition leader in the Senate.
Since then, PPP and PDM partners have lashed out at each other on multiple occasions and the instance of the walkout of opposition parties against an opposition party denote the divide has deepened.
