Country being pushed into class war: Hassan Murtaza

LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Central Punjab General Secretary Syed Hasan Murtaza has said that the ruling elite was nurturing the capitalist system. He accused the government of pushing the country into a class war and dividing farmers into smaller and larger groups. “Who are you to create such divisions?” he questioned.

He was addressing a press conference at the PPP Secretariat in Model Town on Wednesday. Shehzad Saeed Cheema, Chaudhry Aslam Gill, Jamil Manj, and Dr. Ayesha Shoukat, Bushra Manzoor Maneka, Ahsan Rizvi were also present on the occasion. Syed Hasan Murtaza emphasized that farmers are united and warned of the day when milk, wheat, and potatoes will no longer reach the cities. “You are indulging in luxuries while dividing farmers into classes,” he said. “Our real enemy is the one who has snatched away our livelihood. Fertilizer, seeds, and petrol are becoming more expensive at their behest. Farmers are being given lower support prices than previous crops.” He criticized the exclusion of farmers from policy-making meetings and condemned labelling them as a “mafia.” “Shame on you for calling them a mafia and commercializing this system,” he said, warning that if farmers rose, it wouldn’t be like the PTI movement.