The recent banners around
Zardari House , Islamabad go as
یوتھ کا ایک ہی نعرا
بلاول بھٹو لیڈر ہمارا
Khawar Ghumman, a
correspondent from dawn news, in an analysis of Bilawal's speech few days, ago cited a source from PPP saying that it was
not just another speech but had more
thought put into it than realized by people.
Rightly so, forasmuch as his
target was ,a force now to reckon with: youth, merged with rhetoric, he has
every seduction for his generation, from solace for youth's anti-American sentiment to the provision for its antagonism towards the status-quo. Interestingly, of which Junior Bhutto Zardari himself is a part.
As if, the lad himself
is also muddled, while referring to the confusion of this generation he seemed to own that confusion by this means conveying a sort of camaraderie among youth. It was an effort to
angle that he being a part of them shares the common problems and ideals as an
ordinary Pakistani youth do. Ironic!
Keeping in mind that
the young chairman of PPP wants to contest elections from 3 constituencies of
which one is considered to be Punjab the audiences of his were students
from Punjab. Therefore, on one hand there was something in offing for
head of biggest political party of Punjab, Nawaz Sharif. On the
other hand he accommodated Imran Khan by voicing positive views about him, who
also draws rather claims a major portion of his support from Punjab’s Youth.
However, by dragging
Punjab and Nawaz Sharif as a part of incumbent national polity lead by PPP , a
name now synonymous with corruption, he tried to make a point,
alluded though, that PML-N is the beneficiary of current dispensation. Thereby,
not only tried to damage the credibility of PML-N through attempting to
increment league’s anti incumbency factor. But, by doing this he also
indirectly but purposefully backed PTI’s stance i.e PPP and PML-N are alike,
part of the problem not the solution. Same damaging “praise” for him is also
recently extended by Syed Khurshid Shah.
To summarize following
were the major points and objectives of Bilawal’s Speech.,
- Sharing youth problems.An image building
exercise. A soft launch.
- Oral accomodation for Nawaz Sharif
and Imran khan.Seduction of Punjab’s youth from PTI and PML-N
- Perplexing PTI by striking with
something unexpected, a knock for which they were unprepared i.e
calling Imran Khan a positive force.
- Repetition of Drone Rhetoric. Space for
anti-Americanism.
- Calling Nawaz Sharif an
ally. Attack on his credibility.
- Casting a false impression of his own
political maturity.
In the same setting a
recent gimmick played by Pakistan Peoples Party that President Asif Ali Zardari
will not campaign in the general elections is bit more than a media feeler
thrown just to get the pulse of the masses. It may be one of the objectives but
not the only one. In first place it's aimed to soothe the Judiciary who decided
against political use of Presidential Palace, secondly it was indicative of
decision of the party to (re)lauch Bilawal.
Howsoever, to his
crowned head attitude, arrogance, continual emoting, and to his disconnect with
the public at large save PPP ruling core, he is recipe for a looming failure.
And party's expectation of Bilawal as Good Samaritan that attract its adversaries and rescue it in Elections is not more than a dream.
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