New Delhi: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday said he will ‘step aside” from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to work for the larger national cause of opposition unity, amid indications that he is being considered as the opposition’s joint candidate for the presidential elections.
‘I am grateful to Mamataji for the honour and prestige she bestowed on me in the TMC. Now a time has come when for a larger national cause I must step aside from the party to work for greater opposition unity. I am sure she approves of the step’, Sinha said in a tweet.
I am grateful to Mamataji for the honour and prestige she bestowed on me in the TMC. Now a time has come when for a larger national cause I must step aside from the party to work for greater opposition unity. I am sure she approves of the step.
— Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) June 21, 2022
The development came on a day the opposition parties are set to meet in Delhi to decide on their joint candidate for the presidential polls scheduled on July 18, and on Monday, the Trinamool Congress had indicated it was ready to back party senior Sinha as the opposition’s presidential candidate if he emerged as a consensus choice.
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