Ppp vs government: The controversy has increased once again over the construction of canals on the Indus River in Pakistan. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has announced to organize protest rallies in all districts of Sindh province on 25 March. This protest will be done against the canal construction scheme of the federal government, which the party has termed ‘dictatorship’. The PPP alleged that the federal government is trying to harm the important water sources associated with the Indus River without any constitutional approval.
According to local media reports, PPP-Sindh president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro announced this protest during a press conference held in Sindh Assembly campus on Friday (March 21). Khuhro condemned the federal government and said that this step is against the Constitution and democratic principles. He warned the government that if these canal projects were not stopped, the government would be forced to leave the scheme as a result of the PPP protests. Khuhro said, ‘The purpose of our protest is to force the government to withdraw from this controversial scheme.’
PPP protest against canals
Khuhro also said that the people of Sindh and all political parties should join the struggle against the canal project. He said, ‘The united voice of the people of Sindh will affect this issue’. The PPP also made it clear that they are against the canals on the Indus River, but they are in favor of fair and fair delimitation. He says that if these projects are implemented, Sindh province can be deprived of water supply forever because the existence of Sindh is directly connected to the Indus River.
PPP described the Cholistan Canal as a dictatorial step
The PPP leader said that the federal government has started constructing the Cholistan Canal without any constitutional platform approval, which is a dictatorial step. According to Pakistan’s leading newspaper Dawn, the PPP had already rejected the federal government’s plan to build six new canals on the Indus River. After this, many rallies were organized in Sindh earlier this week, in which the protesters protested against the project and warned that the move will have a serious impact on Sindh water.
