Call for “Jail Bahro Tehreek”| Imran khan| following Gandhi instead of Jinnah|

 

#Call for “Jail Bahro Tehreek”|

#Imran khan|

#following Gandhi instead of Jinnah|

#Sania Akhtar

During a Television Talk, the expel PM Imran Khan announced “Jail Bahro Tehreek” and order his party worker to wait for the date and get ready for this movement in order to inflict pressure to the federal government. 

Imran Khan called for this movement after the sedition cases and arrest of his senior party worker I.e.  Fawad Chaudhry and Shadana Jahanzeb. 

Jail Bahro Tehreek: 

This movement is known as the “Jail Bahro Andolan”. It is a method of protest to exert pressure on the authority. In this movement the protesters voluntary fill the jails. This movement start by the party leader who enter into the jail first. 

In India it a peaceful way of protest. Anne Hazara (Social Activist in India) exercised this movement during Jan Lokpal Bill 2011 and became successful in making his demand. 

Origin: 

The origin of Jail Bahro Tehreek can be traced backed to the era Mahatma Gandhi (sent to jail for 11 times) who practiced this movement during the freedom movement of Indian-Subcontinent. 

Imran Khan is following Gandhi or Jinnah? 

The PTI’s leader Imran khan who always talk about democracy needs to work constitutionally. He can give a tough time to existing coalition government in a Parliament as a strong opposition. However, he first resigned from National Assembly and then dissolved the Provincial Assemblies of KPK and Punjab. Now he is trying to fulfill his demands by this movement. 

Imran Khan who claimed to be a true Follower of Quaid-E-Azam, instead of emulating the principles of Jinnah he tries to follow the principle of Gandhi (Non-cooperation movement with government). 

Chief of PILDAT (Pakistan Institutions of Legislative Development and Transparency), Ahmad Bilal Mehboob said that his decisions might be helpful if he wanted to remembered himself as an agitator but if he wanted to remembered as positive then he should have to act like a Stateman. 

Will this movement be able to pressurized the authority? 

If the protestors fill the jail countrywide then there comes a stage when the government make a mistake and this point will be the success of the protestors. 

Some experts have the opinion that this step of Imran khan will able him to fulfill his demand of election. 

In LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences), Professor of Political Science Dr. Rasul Bakhsh and Pakistani Journalist Saleem Safi, pursed the step of Imran Khan a “Very effective Strategy”. 

Conclusion: 

Some experts predicted the failure of this movement. Suppose if this strategy of filling the jail to full the demands will be successful. Now here a question arrive, Is Imran Khan ready to go in jail first?  

#Call for “Jail Bahro Tehreek”|

#Imran khan|

#following Gandhi instead of Jinnah|

#Sania Akhtar