GDA demands fresh LG polls across Sindh.

KARACHI -- Rejecting the results of the local government elections held in two phases in Sindh, the Grand Democratic Alliance on Wednesday demanded fresh polls across the province.

The demand was made in a meeting of GDA leadership at the Functional House.

The meeting unanimously rejected the local government elections held on June 26, 2022 in Sukkur, Larkana, Mirpurkhas and Shaheed Benazirabad divisions and on Jan 15 this year in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions for being 'rigged' by the Sindh government and the Election Commission.

A statement issued after the meeting said that the GDA would unite all democratic and Sindh-loving parties to resist what it called 'fascism of the Sindh government'.

'We will approach the judiciary to get the LG elections nullified,' it said, adding that no election can be held in a transparent manner in the presence of 'Zardari mafia'.

The GDA leaders said that the mandate of the people of Sindh had been stolen through the rigged elections.

The meeting noted that massive rigging was carried out at all polling stations across Sindh. 'It was the worst election in the history. The Election ComAmission did not take any notice despite the fact that many videos of vote stuffing went viral on social media. This shows the ElecAtion Commission is also involved,' the statement said.

The leaders expressed concern that the...