New Delhi: Former Finance Minister Yashwant SinhaHis tweet on a ‘big national cause’ has fueled fresh speculation about the opposition choosing him as their candidate for the upcoming presidential election.
Yashwant Sinha wrote on Twitter today, “I am grateful to Mamta ji for the honor and respect she has given me in TMC. Opposition unity. I am sure she accepts this move.”
Leaders of opposition parties will meet in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon to finalize a joint candidate for the presidential election. Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury also met the NCP leader Sharad Pawar For the meeting of opposition leaders to decide the candidate for the presidential election.
On March 13, 2021, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, a distraught Sinha quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata.
The opposition faced a tough time last week while choosing its candidate for the presidential election after NCP chief Sharad Pawar turned down his offer for the opposition’s presidential candidate.
Leaders of 17 political parties attended an important meeting of opposition parties called by Mamata Banerjee Here to build a consensus on fielding a joint candidate against NDA in the presidential election.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, NC chief Farooq Abdullah and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi have so far turned down the opposition’s offer to be presidential candidates.
Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, said in a statement that many respected leaders of the opposition have given him the honor of considering him for the opposition’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election.
“I am very grateful to them. But after considering the matter deeply, I see that the opposition candidate should be such that apart from opposition unity, there should be a national consensus and a national atmosphere. I think there will be others who are far more than this. I will do better, he said.
“And therefore I have requested the leaders to give opportunity to such a person. India got a President worthy of the post of President by Rajaji as the last Governor-General and inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad as our first President,” Gandhi he said.
“Several parties were here today. We have decided that we will choose only one candidate with a consensus. Everyone will give their support to this candidate. We will consult with others. This is a good start. We will be back after several months. are sitting together, and we will do it again,” TMC leader Mamata Banerjee had said after the meeting on June 15.
CPI MP Binoy Viswam, who attended the meeting, said Mamata Banerjee had proposed the name of NCP’s Sharad Pawar as the opposition’s presidential candidate. Pawar did not accept that offer.
TMC, Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv SenaNCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML and JMM – participated in the meeting held at the Constitution Club of India here.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a parliamentary board meeting here on Tuesday, where it is likely to finalize its selection for the July 18 elections, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually likely to attend the meeting.
The BJP has already constituted a 14-member management team to oversee the elections. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the convener of this team.
BJP President JP Nadda held an important meeting on Sunday in which members of the management team were present to brainstorm on the upcoming elections.
The meeting was attended by senior leaders like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ashwini Vaishnav, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vinod Tawde, CT Ravi, Sambit Patra and others.
Notably, Nadda and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh The candidate was entrusted with the responsibility of negotiating with all the political parties for the presidential election.
He also met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Biju Janata Dal supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and National Conference Conversed with. Chief Farooq Abdullah but there is no result so far.
The last date for filing nominations is June 29, polling will be held on July 18 and counting of votes will be held on July 21.
Opposition leaders, who met in the national capital on June 15, announced that they had decided to field a consensus candidate for the presidential election.
Leaders of 17 political parties attended a crucial meeting of opposition parties called by Mamata Banerjee to reach a consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election.
TMC, Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv Sena, NCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML and JMM – participated in the meeting organized in the constitution. Club of India in New Delhi on June 15.
The President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States and Union Territories of Delhi and Pondicherry.
The presidential election is to be held on July 18 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21.
Yashwant Sinha wrote on Twitter today, “I am grateful to Mamta ji for the honor and respect she has given me in TMC. Opposition unity. I am sure she accepts this move.”
Leaders of opposition parties will meet in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon to finalize a joint candidate for the presidential election. Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury also met the NCP leader Sharad Pawar For the meeting of opposition leaders to decide the candidate for the presidential election.
On March 13, 2021, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, a distraught Sinha quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joined the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata.
The opposition faced a tough time last week while choosing its candidate for the presidential election after NCP chief Sharad Pawar turned down his offer for the opposition’s presidential candidate.
Leaders of 17 political parties attended an important meeting of opposition parties called by Mamata Banerjee Here to build a consensus on fielding a joint candidate against NDA in the presidential election.
NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, NC chief Farooq Abdullah and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi have so far turned down the opposition’s offer to be presidential candidates.
Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, said in a statement that many respected leaders of the opposition have given him the honor of considering him for the opposition’s candidacy in the upcoming presidential election.
“I am very grateful to them. But after considering the matter deeply, I see that the opposition candidate should be such that apart from opposition unity, there should be a national consensus and a national atmosphere. I think there will be others who are far more than this. I will do better, he said.
“And therefore I have requested the leaders to give opportunity to such a person. India got a President worthy of the post of President by Rajaji as the last Governor-General and inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad as our first President,” Gandhi he said.
“Several parties were here today. We have decided that we will choose only one candidate with a consensus. Everyone will give their support to this candidate. We will consult with others. This is a good start. We will be back after several months. are sitting together, and we will do it again,” TMC leader Mamata Banerjee had said after the meeting on June 15.
CPI MP Binoy Viswam, who attended the meeting, said Mamata Banerjee had proposed the name of NCP’s Sharad Pawar as the opposition’s presidential candidate. Pawar did not accept that offer.
TMC, Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv SenaNCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML and JMM – participated in the meeting held at the Constitution Club of India here.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold a parliamentary board meeting here on Tuesday, where it is likely to finalize its selection for the July 18 elections, sources said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually likely to attend the meeting.
The BJP has already constituted a 14-member management team to oversee the elections. Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is the convener of this team.
BJP President JP Nadda held an important meeting on Sunday in which members of the management team were present to brainstorm on the upcoming elections.
The meeting was attended by senior leaders like Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ashwini Vaishnav, G Kishan Reddy, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Vinod Tawde, CT Ravi, Sambit Patra and others.
Notably, Nadda and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh The candidate was entrusted with the responsibility of negotiating with all the political parties for the presidential election.
He also met Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Janata Dal (United) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Biju Janata Dal supremo and Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and National Conference Conversed with. Chief Farooq Abdullah but there is no result so far.
The last date for filing nominations is June 29, polling will be held on July 18 and counting of votes will be held on July 21.
Opposition leaders, who met in the national capital on June 15, announced that they had decided to field a consensus candidate for the presidential election.
Leaders of 17 political parties attended a crucial meeting of opposition parties called by Mamata Banerjee to reach a consensus on fielding a joint candidate against the NDA in the presidential election.
TMC, Congress, CPI, CPI(M), CPIML, RSP, Shiv Sena, NCP, RJD, SP, National Conference, PDP, JD(S), DMK, RLD, IUML and JMM – participated in the meeting organized in the constitution. Club of India in New Delhi on June 15.
The President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of elected members of both the Houses of Parliament and elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States and Union Territories of Delhi and Pondicherry.
The presidential election is to be held on July 18 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21.