 "Movement for Solidarity Party"), in response to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's announcement of the formation of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).The TeI was a centrist political party founded in direct opposition to the left-wing PPP, though both were opposing the Ayub administration.Despite its centerist and secular program, the TeI attracted the right-wing conservative vote bank and support from the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amals ultraconservative clergy.