New Delhi, United Opposition candidate for next month’s presidential election Yashwant Sinha has also sought support from top BJP leader LK Advani, PM Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. 6-year-old Yashwant Sinha has been Union Finance and External Affairs Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.
The NDA, led by the ruling BJP at the Center, has nominated Draupadi Murmu as its candidate for the July 15 presidential election. Yashwant Sinha had approached PM Modi and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. He urged both the leaders to support his candidature. He also sought the blessings of veteran BJP leader and top leader LK Advani.
Advani was the Deputy Prime Minister in the Atal government and Sinha was the Union Minister in the same government. He left the party after a long stint in the BJP. His son Jayant Sinha was the Finance Minister in Modi Government-1. Jayant Sinha is still a BJP MP, but he was not made a minister in the Modi government-2.
Sinha also phoned Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren. Sinha reminded him that his party JMMA has declared support to the general opposition candidate. Sinha was scheduled to start campaigning from Jharkhand on Friday, but now the JMMA has backed Santhal tribal leader Draupadi Murram. It may be recalled that Sinha is scheduled to file his nomination on Monday, June 3. Veteran leaders of the opposition are likely to be present on the occasion.HS2KP