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ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister and senior leader of Pakistan Peoples Party ( PPP) Yousaf Raza Gillani on Thursday said that it was their right to ensure the security of their MNAs and kept them in Sindh House Islamabad.
Addressing a press conference, the PPP leader said that the no-trust motion is a democratic practice, we don’t want confrontation, the government is moving towards collision, not us.
“In the no-trust motion, the opposition has to show 172 members in support of its move,” he said. “If I had been prime minister, I didn’t linger on the matter this much and show my members without delay,” Gillani said. “The government lacking support of required 172 votes and it is the reason of their delay,” he said.
He alleged that the police had raided the Parliament Lodges and manhandled our MNAs. “The members and workers returned back within a night. After the incident the members had asked for staying in Sindh House,” he said. “We have lawfully kept our members at Sindh House as it is our right to give them security,” he added.
He said that Sindh House has its own domain, if they have apprehensions, it means they have confessed defeat.
“Pervaiz Elahi has claimed that you have kept government members in safe custody,” a reporter asked Gillani. ” Safe custody does not mean they are hostage, they are disagreed with policies and don’t want to vote,” Gillani replied.
Replying to a question Gillani said he was removed from the office by the judiciary and not by a no-trust vote.