MANSEHRA, Oct 18: The Leader of the Opposition in the NWFP Assembly, Shahzada Mohammad Gustasap Khan, dispelled on Saturday the impression that a no-confidence move was in the offing against the Durrani-led Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal government in the near future.
Speaking at a press conference at the Mansehra Press Club, he said neither the federal government nor the joint opposition in the provincial assembly had any intention of dislodging the government of Chief Minister Akram Durrani.
The chief minister himself and other leaders of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA), he said, were showing such apprehension through their statements in the press which, according to him, were unfounded.
He stressed that the rapidly growing influence of the non-elected people in the affairs of the government and the breach of privilege of the elected members of the house were the main reasons behind the cracks appearing in the six politico-religious parties alliance.
He alleged that the chief minister and the members of his cabinet were quite inexperienced and unfit to run the government due to which not only the members of the opposition were annoyed but a number of members of the treasury benches was not supportive of the provincial government.
Mr Khan claimed that the chief minister’s way of running the government was quite backward and undemocratic as he had vested all powers in himself, benefiting the non-elected people.
He said a democratic government concentrated on policy matters in the parliamentary party meetings and took important decisions about the affairs of the government.
But, he added, it was quite contrary in case of the Durrani-led MMA government in the province which, according to him, had made a big fuss by giving a free hand to the non-elected people.
He advised the functionaries of the government institutions not to obey the orders of the non-elected people.
The MMA government had totally failed to honour its election manifesto and to provide relief to the people of the province, he further said, adding that the people could no more be deceived on hollow slogans.
The leader of the opposition went on to say that a government that had failed in controlling the prices of edibles and other commodities of daily use even ahead of the holy month of Ramazan had no right to call itself an Islamic government.