Leaders of major parties suffer from fears of defeat and unpopularity

Analysis: Farooq Aqdas

Regarding Election 2024, the leaders of major parties seem to be worried and are taking unconventional decisions.

1. Nawaz Sharif

Three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is keen to get record votes from Mansehra in order to gain popularity.

Analysts believe that Mian Sahib’s decision to contest the election from Mansehra is also very appropriate in that the purpose of his decision is not just to win the election but to get record votes from this constituency which could confirm his claims of popularity.

2. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Bilawal Bhutto, the candidate for the post of Prime Minister, started his electoral politics from Lyari Constituency NA 246 but could not get success. Fearing failure this time, Bilawal Bhutto has decided to contest the election from Larkana NA-196 where Benazir won, apart from NA-194 Qamber Shahdadkot.

The defeat of Bilawal Bhutto from Lyari Constituency NA 246 in the last national elections was considered as the beginning of the unpopularity of the Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh because the percentage of defeat votes was very high.

Bilawal Bhutto got the third position in Lyari constituency NA-246. PTI was on the first place and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Labaik was on the second place. Bilawal Bhutto got less than 40,000 votes from this constituency, which was much less than the ratio of the two leading candidates.

Workers of People’s Party, which has been in government continuously for more than a decade in Sindh, and other basic amenities of urban life were deprived of basic necessities including water, gas, which was reflected in the election.

Bilawal Bhutto, who held the position of Foreign Minister for one and a half years and is now a candidate to become the Prime Minister in the new elections, if he is defeated this time, questions will arise about his political future.

3. Maulana Fazlur Rehman

For the first time since 2002, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is living outside the house of the National Assembly, is preparing to contest the election from the National Assembly Constituency NA 265 in District Pashin for the first time outside his native constituency. On which this meme of his is also very viral on social media. “Get victory this time, even if you have to suffer for it.

This is the first time that Maulana Fazlur Rehman will contest from a province outside his province of PK.