HYDERABAD: A shadowy organisation, Sindhudesh Revolut­ionary Army (SRA), has claimed responsibility for cracker attacks during polls in Larkana, Hyder­abad, Madeji and Naushahro Feroze.

Sodho Sindhi, who claimed to be a spokesman for SRA, said in a message emailed to Dawn on Wednesday that SRA rejected Pakistan’s electoral system and urged Sindhis to oppose assemblies and boycott polls because “assemblies are rubber stamp”.

He alleged that Punjab had occupied all natural and mineral resources of Sindh and controlled assemblies which passed anti-Sindh ordinances to bring millions of ‘outsiders’ to Sindh to convert Sindhis into minority.

He said the establishment patronised religious and extremist organisations like Jamaatud Dawa, which posed threat to Sindh’s secular culture.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2018