With Dr Sikandar Shoro’s re-entry into the PPP, the party must be feeling complacent about its prospects for electoral success in Jamshoro district on Feb 8, and shrugging off opposition from rivals, chief among them Sindh United Party which is contesting polls as part of anti-PPP alliance, Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA).

In the 2018 elections, a contest on a provincial constituency of Kotri PS-8 had in fact turned into a tug of war between PPP’s Dr Sikandar Shoro and Malik Asad Sikandar, generating greater interest among the people of Jamshoro.

Young Dr Shoro had to put in a lot of sweat and tears to face down the experienced parliamentarian, Malik Asad. Dr Shoro wanted to salvage his family’s stakes as he believed the constituency belonged to his elders, including Siddique Shoro, who had won it consecutively as a PPP candidate from 1988-1993.

Though PPP has reconciled with Dr Shoro ahead of Feb 8 polls to bolster its chances of easy wins, Jamshoro’s electoral history tells us that if Asad were on PPP’s side, the party would not have to worry much about the four seats in Feb 8 polls.

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