New Delhi. On Tuesday, finally the opposition parties announced the presidential candidate. The opposition parties today unanimously approved the name of former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha as the President. This was announced by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. Let us tell you that for the past several days, there was no consensus on behalf of the opposition as a presidential candidate. In the past, TMC Chief Mamta Banerjee had also called a meeting of leaders of opposition parties regarding this issue, about which debate was also seen in the past. At the same time, the name of NCP chief Sharad Pawar was put forward as the presidential candidate. After this, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah was offered to be the presidential candidate, but he too flatly refused to contest the presidential election. After this the name of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi was also carried forward, but he The opposition parties were shunned. At the same time, today Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has stamped the name of Yashwant Sinha as the presidential candidate. Let us tell you that Yashwant Sinha is also known as ‘Mr U-Turn’ during the tenure of Central.
We (opposition parties) have unanimously decided that Yashwant Sinha will be the common candidate of the Opposition for the presidential elections: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh pic.twitter.com/lhnfE7Vj8d
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But the surprising thing is that the opposition parties have stamped a name which was once a prominent leader of the ruling BJP. Yashwant Sinha, who was the Finance Minister in the Atal Bihari government, was counted among the veteran leaders of the BJP. Apart from this, he was also sitting in the foreign minister’s chair in the Vajpayee government. Along with this, Yashwant Sinha kept on targeting all the parties including Congress while staying in NDA. Not only this, the opposition who used to oppose the BJP and the Hindu organization for the demolition of the disputed structure, Yashwant Sinha stood by the party line on this matter. Yashwant Sinha is also known for taking many important decisions related to the Indian economy. He changed the timing of presenting the budget in Parliament while being the Finance Minister. He had decided to read the budget at 11 am instead of 5 pm.
Along with this, Yashwant Sinha had also changed some policy decisions of his own previous government while being the Finance Minister. For which opposition parties had targeted him at that time. Let us tell you that Yashwant Sinha was considered close to the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee and LK Advani. But the question raises that the opposition parties have stamped the name of Yashwant Sinha. The surprising thing is that Yashwant Sinha who has come rounding the Congress on different issues. Today, these opposition clans happily declared him as the presidential candidate. Which seems ridiculous at the present time. What was the compulsion of such a Congress party has stamped the name of Advani’s close friend. The question is also, does the country’s oldest party Congress or the opposition have no such big face, which they can put up for the presidential election?
The presidential election will be held on July 18, while the counting of votes will take place on July 21. Along with this, on July 25, the new Excellency of the country will take oath. For information, let us tell you that at present the term of President Ram Nath Kovind is going to end on July 24 next month.