President election: Yashwant Sinha, flanked by top Opposition leaders, files nomination
India | Jun 27, 2022, 01:57 PM ISTPresident Election: Yashwant Sinha is facing a stiff challenge from BJP-led NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu.
President Election: Yashwant Sinha is facing a stiff challenge from BJP-led NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu.
President election: Yashwant Sinha's name came up after Sharad Pawar, Gopalkrishna Gandhi and Farooq Abdullah opted out of the race.
Droupadi Murmu said she will request BJD for support in Presidential polls as the daughter of the soil, PTI reported.
Opposition leaders, who met in the national capital on June 15, had announced that they have decided to field one consensus candidate for the presidential polls.
Yashwant Sinha said that the Indian government should not conclude that the Taliban will place itself "in Pakistan's lap" as every country furthers its own interests.
Meanwhile, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday also said that the government is ready to resume talks with protesting farmers but asked the unions to point out their objections to the provisions of the three farm laws with sound logic.
As the second phase polling in West Bengal including Nandigram concluded on Thursday, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) said that Mamata Banerjee (Didi) is going to win the contest. Mamata Banerjee was pitted against former close aide and now BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari.
Yashwant Sinha joined the TMC days ahead of the high octane West Bengal assembly poll. Sinha exuded confidence that the TMC will win with a thumping majority and pledged support to Mamata Banerjee in her fight against the BJP.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who joined West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Saturday, mentioned the Kandahar hijack incident to shower praises on the party supremo.
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha joined Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday ahead of the state's Assembly elections.
Former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha, who is presently on a 3000 km Gandhi Peace March, has said that the country's Constitution is in danger as attempts are being made to divide the country on religious lines.
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday announced a nationwide `Yatra' (tour) to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register.
Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday criticised the Supreme Court's judgment in the Ayodhya issue but said the Muslim community should accept it. Sinha was speaking at the Mumbai Lit Fest.
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