In a no holds barred attack on his party’s former coalition partners, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain on Friday evening said if their demands are unacceptable to the ruling Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) then Urdu speaking Sindhis should be given a separate province.
Speaking to the party workers in Hyderabad in the wake of upcoming local government polls, he demanded equal rights for Urdu and Sindhi speaking population of Sindh.
He also threatened that the demand of a separate province can quickly turn into a demand of a separate country for Urdu speakers of Sindh.
Severally criticizing the provincial government regarding new delimitations before the LG elections, the MQM chief alleged that the PPP wants to keep away from the polls.
“Torch bearers of democracy had never been able to hold local government elections,” Hussain said sarcastically in an obvious reference to the PPP.
Awarding a legal victory to the MQM, the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Dec 30 ruled all amendments made to the Local Government Ordinance unconstitutional, paving way for the polls to be conducted under previous delimitations.
Altaf Hussain said his party would not tolerate tactics of force in politics and alleged that the PPP was involved in discriminating against the Urdu speaking population.
The Sindh government wants to push half of the province’s population into the Arabian Sea.
Despite having an equal representation in Sindh, Urdu speakers are subjected to discrimination, he said.
Urdu speakers will outnumber Sindhi speakers if fresh census is held under the United Nations today.
Meanwhile, PPP’s patron-in-chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s in his latest tweet confronted Hussain by saying “Marsoon Marsoon, Sindh na Ddaisun (We will die but won’t give Sindh [to others]).
Reacting to the comment, Hussain advised Bilawal to behave like a ‘nephew’ if he pretends to be one. He suggested that the issues should be resolved on a negotiating table rather than on social-networking platforms, demanding an equal share for the urban population of the province.
source: alarabiya.net
Tags: Altaf, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Politics, Urdu speaking Sindhis
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