Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Recollections and remembrances
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BHUTTO ON ONE UNITAND JI YE SINDH SLOGANIn the initial stage after the formation of the Party <strong>and</strong> then particularly duringI968 <strong>and</strong> early 1969, there was lot of resentment by the people of Sindh <strong>and</strong> othersmaller two provinces, Baluchistan <strong>and</strong> Frontier against One Unit. G. M. Syedwho has always remained jealous of <strong>Bhutto</strong> fancily, tried to corner Mr. <strong>Bhutto</strong><strong>and</strong> his party by giving an attractive slogan of Jeay Sindh <strong>and</strong> was all the timepressurizing through young Sindhi students to enquire from <strong>Bhutto</strong>, his st<strong>and</strong> onOne Unit. It was quite obvious that Punjab was in favour of One Unit <strong>and</strong><strong>Bhutto</strong>’s Peoples Party was very popular in Punjab. Mr. <strong>Bhutto</strong> was intelligent<strong>and</strong> he was underst<strong>and</strong>ably cautious on this sensitive issue so he advised theSindh PPP not to oppose Jeay Sindh slogan, rather encouraged the Party workersto raise Jeay Sindh slogans along with Jeay Pakistan. Because of his leadershipqualities, instead of issuing statement against One Unit under pressure of JeaySindh <strong>and</strong> G. M. Syed’s people, what he did was that he convinced the PunjabPPP leadership that One Unit was not in the interest of the country <strong>and</strong> if this wascontinued, the very existence of the country would be at stake. The result wasthat the Punjab PPP was the first provincial party to pass a resolution against OneUnit. Afterwards, the rest of the provinces followed with a similar resolution <strong>and</strong>ultimately <strong>Bhutto</strong> got the same resolution passed from the Central ExecutiveCommittee of the PPP <strong>and</strong> this was the last nail in the coffin of One Unit. This is ahistorical fact that he became a strong advocate of the dismemberment of OneUnit <strong>and</strong> restoration of the provinces. This decision gave a further boost to Sindhimasses that were already solidly behind him <strong>and</strong> respected <strong>Bhutto</strong>’s unparalleledpragmatism <strong>and</strong> foresight. Jeay Sindh slogan did not remain the sole property of G.M. Syed but became a popular slogan of every Sindhi. Thus the nefarious designsof G. M. Syed were defeated by Mr. <strong>Bhutto</strong> in a very shrewd manner <strong>and</strong> JeaySindh Mahaz got bewildered <strong>and</strong> their designs were thwarted. They feltdemoralized <strong>and</strong> they could not hold back the tide of popularity which <strong>Bhutto</strong>enjoyed.COMMENTS OF MR. BHUTTOON MOHAJIR-PUNJABI-PATHAN MAHAZ.Based on the principal of divide <strong>and</strong> rule, the establishment managed to create anorganization named Mohajir-Punjabi-Pathan Mahaz headed by Nawab MuzaffarKhan of Hyderabad. It was unfortunate that this organization was being used tocreate polarization between rural <strong>and</strong> urban masses. Principally this should nothave been allowed to gain ground as it was but natural that extremism createscounter extremism. Mr. <strong>Bhutto</strong> was vehemently against the extremist<strong>Zulfikar</strong> <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bhutto</strong>, <strong>Recollections</strong> <strong>and</strong> Remembrances; Copyright © www.bhutto.org 148
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