Presidential Election 2022: Yashwant Sinha Announced As Opposition’s Joint Candidate
Sinha, who had quit the BJP in 2018, joined the TMC last year. He was later appointed as the party’s vice-president.
Former Union minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Yashwant Sinha has been named as the common candidate of the Opposition for the Presidential elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said during a meeting of opposition parties on Tuesday. The announcement comes shortly after Sinha hinted that he has accepted the proposal made by a section of Opposition leaders to make him their presidential candidate.
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Yashwant Sinha unanimously chosen as common candidate of opposition parties for presidential election: joint statement
— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) June 21, 2022
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