Grand Democratic Alliance
Grand Democratic Alliance گرانڈ جمہوری اتحاد گرانڊ ڊيموڪريٽڪ الائينس | |
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| Abbreviation | GDA |
| Leader | Pir of Pagaro VIII |
| General Secretary | Safdar Ali Abbasi |
| Spokesperson | Saira Bano |
| Founder | Pir of Pagaro VIII |
| Founded | October 23, 2017 |
| Ideology | Populism Regionalism Anti-PPP Anti-feudalism Anti-nepotism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| National affiliation | TTAP |
| Colors | Green |
| National Assembly of Pakistan | 0 / 366
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| Provincial Assembly of Sindh | 3 / 168
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| Star | |
| Party flag | |
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. Accusing the PPP of political victimization of opponents by using Fascist and authoritarian political policies, It has been a critic of Asif Ali Zardari (the incumbent PPP president). The alliance has 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.
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, It also claims that the people of Sindh are unhappy with the PPP government.