Lahore: The crucial session of the Punjab Legislative Assembly to elect a new Chief Minister is about to begin soon, for which opposition legislators have reached the provincial legislature.
The election of the chief executive of the country’s largest province between PML-N’s Hamza Shahbaz Sharif and PTI’s Parvez Elahi will also determine national politics.
Political analysts believe that if the opposition parties – PTI and PMLQ – win the prized slot in Punjab, the coalition government at the Center will finally feel the heat.
With two provincial governments in pocket, ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan would prove to be a major threat to the federal government led by Shahbaz Sharif, hence an early general election.
Ahead of the elections, members of the PTI and PML-Q – who had been staying at a hotel for the past few days – were brought to the provincial assembly.
Speaking on the occasion, Leader of the Opposition Sibtain Khan claimed that 186 members of the opposition were present in the assembly.
Meanwhile, PTI candidate Parvez Elahi said that the decisions taken yesterday will be implemented.
Asked to comment on Interior Minister Rana Sanullah’s statement that no more than 50 members would vote during the election, Elahi said: “Don’t talk about a person who has never spoken the truth in his life. “
During the last three-four days, the two sides exchanged allegations of horse-trading among themselves.
PTI activists protested at Liberty Chowk in Lahore and its leadership strongly condemned the presence of PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari in Lahore over the past two days.
During this he met PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain. The opposition believes that Asif Zardari was manipulating the election process and huge offers were being made to the MPA to support Hamza Shahbaz.
number game
In the House of 371, the opposition alliance has 188 members while the PML-N alliance has 179 MPs. PTI’s sweep of the July 17 by-election changed the whole scenario for Hamza Shahbaz’s new government, when the party won 15 seats.
The only option left with the PML-N is to sabotage the PTI-PML(Q) parliamentary power. If six or seven MPAs of PTI miss out on voting, the opposition candidate could be in real trouble.
The votes of Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan and newly elected independent MP Pir Rafiuddin Bukhari now have a lot of significance. The chosen PIR from Lodharan is inclined towards PML-N.
Nevertheless, in the second round of the CM election, even a one-vote lead would mark a victory for the contestants as both the sides would have to come up with a figure of 186 in the assembly to prove a simple majority. necessary for. Punjab Assembly.