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Cracks Emerge in Ranks of TLYRA Over Party Leadership

Islamabad (November 30, 2017): Cracks have emerged in the ranks of Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRA) over the party leadership as fresh from a double win against the state, Tehreek-e-Labbaik [TYL] has become victim to internal rifts.

Patron-in-Chief TYL Maulana Ashraf Asif Jalali and head of the party Maulana Khadim Rizvi indulged in a war of words recently in a TV Show.  Rizvi dissociated himself from the protest staged at Mall road. In response, Jalali accused the former of assuming the role of chairman by making a ‘new’ shura that backed him without consulting with the founding members of TYL.

Khadim Hussain Rizvi, who led the Islamabad dharna alleged Dr Ashraf Asif Jalali of trying to take credit for the agreement with the government under which the law minister resigned.Despite the fact that Rizvi group wrapped up the sit-in after the deal, Lahore faction carried it on till today and demanding removal of provincial minister Rana Sanullah.

In response, Dr Jalali accused Rizvi of appointing himself party chief and signing the agreement with the PLM-N beyond his mandate. After the deaths of party workers we had decided that the whole cabinet should go, then how could he agree on Zahid Hamid’s resignation only, Jalali asked.

Amid mounting pressure after a botched operation to clear the city from protesters, the government brokered the deal with the TLYRA on Nov 27, with army as guarantor.Conflict between the two factions of TYL came to the limelight last week when Jalali said that the party was registered by his name and not by Maulana Khadim Hussain Rizvi’s, before announcing a new wave of protests around the country if their demands were not met.

Interestingly, both, Jalali and Rizvi signed agreements with the state – which some analysts believe might set a dangerous precedent. While Khadim’s deal with the government, brokered by the army chief, included the resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid and the release of Raja Zafarul Haq’s report within 30 days, Jalali had given 20 days instead for the report to be made public and also demanded resignation of Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah.Jalali has accused Rizvi of hijacking the movement, questioned him over the dead bodies of the protesters. Meanwhile, Rizvi casually distanced himself from the further demands and protests announced by the patron-in-chief. “We have nothing to do with them [protesters in Lahore],” said Rizvi.

Rizvi maintained that the Lahore sit-in should have ended right after the three-week-long dharna at Faizabad interchange came to an end.

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