DUSHANBE, June 10, 2013, Asia-Plus  -- The numbers of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are continuing to grow.

Adham Mirsaidov, the head of the PDP Center for Propagation and Analysis says power engineering specialists are actively joining the party.

According to him, 50 employees of Barqi Tojik (the state-owned utility responsible for generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in Tajikistan) have joined the party since the beginning of the year, bringing the total number of members of PDP’s primary organization at Barqi Tojik to 110.

We will recall that sixteen Chernobyl cleanup operation participants from the Hamadoni district and seventy participants of the Soviet war in Afghanistan living in Hamadoni joined the ruling party last month alone.

25 players and other members of the popular Ravshan Kulob Football Club joined the PDP in a special ceremony in October last year.

Founded in 1993, the People’s Democratic Party is the largest political party in Tajikistan, boasting more than 210,000 registered members.  President Emomali Rahmon is chairman of the party. The PDPT now controls some 65 percent of the seats in parliament (45 of 63 seats).