Bilawal decided to seek BAP s support for Senate opposition leader: Gillani
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A BAP delegation met Bilawal, not me, says Gillani.
I had no interest in the office of Opposition leader, he says.
Gillani s declaration as Opposition leader in Senate caused a divide in PDM.
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said it was PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto s decision to seek Balochistan Awami Party s (BAP) support in helping him secure the office.
Gillani, speaking during
Dawn News programme Live with Adil Shahzeb on Monday, said a four-member delegation headed by BAP s Dilawar met Bilawal, adding that he was not present during the meeting.
Former prime minister and leader of the opposition in the Senate Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Monday that it was PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari’s decision to seek the support of Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) lawmakers for his election to the post.
He stated this in an interview on
Dawn News programme
Live with Adil Shahzeb, where he said he was neither interested in the seat of the Senate chairmanship nor leader of the opposition, but it was Bilawal who made the decision.
Last month, Gilani was declared leader of the opposition in the upper house of parliament a move that created disagreements in the ranks of the opposition alliance, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), with both the PML-N and PPP publicly claiming their right to the key office.
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