Former Union Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday indicated in gestures that he is accepting the proposal of opposition leaders to make him presidential candidate. While the Trinamool Congress insisted on Yashwant Sinha’s name, the Congress and the Left parties were insisting that the former BJP leader should first resign from his party post so that he can be the opposition’s presidential candidate. To emerge
After resigning, former Union Minister Sinha praised Mamata Banerjee and said, ‘I will always be grateful to Mamta ji for the respect and honor she gave me in TMC. Now a time has come when for a larger national cause, I have to work for opposition unity outside the party. I am sure she will accept the move.”
Let us tell you that the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee had given Sinha a place in the Union Cabinet. In the year 2018, he left the Bharatiya Janata Party and joined TMC. After a few days in TMC, he was appointed the party’s vice-president.
Other opposition leaders meet Sharad Pawar
Meanwhile, opposition leaders met at the residence of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Tuesday morning for the second round of discussions on choosing a joint unanimous candidate for the presidential election. On Monday, former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi became the third proposed face, apart from NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, to decline a joint opposition’s request.
Presidential election is on July 18 in the country
Let us tell you that on the 18th of next month, elections for the post of President are to be held in the country. In such a situation, the opposition parties are going to meet in Delhi on Tuesday to decide on a joint candidate for themselves. On Tuesday morning itself, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha shared the information about his resignation on Twitter. Can now be considered as the opposition candidate for the presidential election to be held on 18 July.