CM Punjab Ch Parvez Elahi wins vote of confidence amid opposition's boycott
186 members of Punjab Assembly posed their confidence in Ch Parvez Elahi as CM Punjab
Punjab Chief
Minister Parvez Elahi yet again won the much-awaited vote of confidence in the
Punjab Assembly on Wednesday night. 186 members of Punjab Assembly voted in
favour of Ch Parvez Elahi. The
opposition boycotted the proceeding and alleged that rules of the assembly were
violated in the vote of confidence.
Speaker
Punjab Assembly Sibtain Khan announced the official result. Now speaker will
send the result to the governor Punjab and also to the LHC. The 5 member bench
of LHC is already hearing the petition of Ch Parvez Elahi against his removal
as CM Punjab by Governor.
The sudden
decision of ruling coalition in Punjab to take vote of confidence surprised the
opposition. The PTI/PML-Q coalition outmaneuvered the PML-N and PPP alliance.
Ch Parvez Elahi couple of days ago announced to defy the governor’s order to
take the vote of confidence. But he changed his mind after two and half hours
long meeting with PTI chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday.
It will be
interesting to see that when the CM Punjab dissolve the assembly as announced
by PTI chairman Imran Khan. Imran Khan wants to dissolve the Punjab and KP
assemblies to push for the early elections. Ch Parvez Elahi is seem reluctant
to dissolve the assembly.
The PML-N
leadership was confident that Elahi will not be able to retain the majority as
some PTI MPAs have already change political loyalty. The provincial chief
executive took the confidence vote after the Lahore High Court (LHC) ruled that
the governor had the authority to ask the chief minister to seek the trust of
the house even during an ongoing session.
The issue is
likely to end up in the Lahore High Court. The opposition is claiming that the
figure of 186 is the result of rigging and fraud. The opposition wants to raise
the issue before the LHC bench today.
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