Back التحالف الديمقراطي الكبير Arabic Grande alliance démocratique French گرانڊ ڊيموڪريٽڪ الائينس Sindhi گرینڈ ڈیموکریٹک الائنس Urdu
Grand Democratic Alliance گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد گرانڊ ڊيموڪريٽڪ الائينس | |
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| Abbreviation | GDA |
| Leader | Ayaz Latif Palijo |
| President | Moazzam Ali Khan |
| General Secretary | Safdar Ali Abbasi[1] |
| Spokesperson | Saira Bano[2] |
| Founder | Pir of Pagaro VIII |
| Founded | 23 October 2017[3] |
| Ideology | Populism[4][5][6] Regionalism Anti-PPP[7] Anti-feudalism[8] Anti-nepotism[9] |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | TTAP |
| Colors | Green |
| National Assembly | 0 / 366
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| Sindh Assembly | 0 / 168
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The Grand Democratic Alliance (Urdu: گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد; Sindhi: گرانڊ ڊيموڪريٽڪ الائينس) is a regional political coalition of seven Sindh-based political parties. It was founded on 23 October 2017 by the Sindh-based regional political parties along with some rival dissident politicians from Pakistan Peoples Party as a political alliance against the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in Sindh,[10] accusing it of Political victimization of opponents by using Fascist Authoritarian political policies and has been a critic of Asif Ali Zardari (PPP) president the alliance accused him of supporting Nepotism and Corruption in the region and usurping the Pakistan Peoples Party by using the Bhutto family name to gain power.[9]
The alliance is actively struggling against despotism, theocratic & fascist terrorism, and economic exploitation of smaller constituent units with a special focus on Sindh and its people, The alliance is poised to play a pivotal role in parliamentary politics of Pakistan, by contesting elections and undertaking formal activities in regional political process,[11] It also claims that the people of Sindh are unhappy with the PPP government.[12]
- ^ "Sindh ECP receives in all 1405 nomination papers so far". The Nation (newspaper). 24 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "GDA's Saira Bano to contest election from NA-210". 24 News HD. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "PPP rivals to formally register Grand Democratic Alliance". Express Tribune. 23 October 2017.
- ^ "PTI voices support for GDA's protest against 'election rigging'". ARY NEWS. 2024-02-15. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ NNI (2024-02-25). "PTI, GDA, JI say will observe 'black day' on 27th". Brecorder. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "GDA intensifies protest against 'rigged' general elections". The Express Tribune. 2024-02-27. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
- ^ "GDA the anti-PPP alliance". Dawn. 11 December 2017.
- ^ "The History of Peoples Movement in Sindh". archive.org.
- ^ a b "'Zardaris' have taken over PPP, says Mumtaz Bhutto". Daily Times. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
- ^ "PPP rivals to formally register Grand Democratic Alliance". The Express Tribune. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Mansoor, Hasan (February 2003). "The pathology of military democracy: Manufacturing a government in Sindh". Himal South Asia. Archived from the original on 2008-01-10.