Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing criticism from opposition leaders as well as citizens on social media for saying that he did not go into politics to know the prices of ‘aloo and tamatar’ (potatoes and tomatoes), with many saying that his remarks indicate that he is indifferent to the people’s issues.
Shahbaz Sharif said that PM Imran had not become prime minister to fix the prices of staple foods, but to ‘ruin the country and the people’, adding that his work had been completed so it was time for him to ‘go home’, through an official statement on the PML-N account on Twitter.
‘You have successfully destroyed this economy’, Sharif said, noting that since PM Imran has been in office, the conversation rate of the US dollar has increased from 125 rupees to 180 rupees.
“You had indeed joined politics to see the fall of Kashmir and to stop the projects of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC),” Shahbaz continued. “You came to increase Pakistan’s ranking in the global corruption index, you came for destruction, you came to anger Pakistan’s friends, and you came to hand over Pakistan’s economic sovereignty to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).”
عمران صاحب آپ تو سقوط کشمیر، سی پیک کو روکنے، کرپشن میں پاکستان کے 24 درجے بڑھانے آئے تھے، یہ تباہی آپ نے کر دی ہے، اب گھر جائیں
پاکستان کے دوستوں کو ناراض کرنے آئے تھے، وہ ایجنڈا آپ نے پورا کردیا
— PML(N) (@pmln_org) March 13, 2022
The lambasting from Sharif comes as the opposition reinforces its support for the no-confidence vote, expected later this month.
Shahbaz concluded: “Imran Sahib, your work is done, now go home and let the nation breathe a sigh of relief.”
Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Sherry Rehman said, “We were right all along. He has no clue what the common man/woman faces, but worse, he thinks it’s not his problem or job.”
Extreme arrogance for any PM to say I was not brought here to check the prices of tomatoes and onions! We were right all along. He has no clue what the common man/woman faces, but worse, he thinks it’s not his problem or job. Shame
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) March 13, 2022
Citizens, too, commented on social media about the prime minister’s ‘disappointing’ remarks.
You not only were brought to know and curtail prices of Aloo and Tamatar but everything else related to the common man and woman of #Pakistan. You are a greater disappointment every passing day!
— Sumeta Afzal Syed (@SumetaSyed) March 13, 2022
Imran Khan has proved that he is unfit to run the country.
Imran Khan says; “he didn’t enter the politics to know price of potato and tomato.” pic.twitter.com/rGN5nQUnPP
— Ayaz Buriro (@AyazBuriroPPP) March 13, 2022
