With a host of leaders including , NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Rahul Gandhi Akhilesh Yadav and Farooq Abdullah accompanying him, the Opposition Presidential Candidate Yashwant Sinha filed his nomination today for the July 18 election.
Significantly, Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader K T Rama Rao, the son of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao was also present when Sinha filed his papers.
Delhi | All opposition parties unitedly supported Yashwant Sinha, of course we support the individual but real fight is b/w 2 ideologies. RSS’s ideology of anger & hatred and other ideology of compassion of all opposition parties standing together: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pic.twitter.com/3s86ofTlyi
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The TRS said it would support the candidature of Sinha in the Presidential election.
#WATCH | Delhi: Opposition’s Presidential polls candidate Yashwant Sinha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pay floral tribute at the Mahatma Gandhi statue inside Parliament premises pic.twitter.com/8nQkxgh1i5
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‘President of @trspartyonline Sri KCR Garu has decided to extend support to the candidature of Sri @YashwantSinha Ji in the election for President of India. Along with our Members of Parliament, I will be representing the TRS at the nomination today,’ Rama Rao tweeted. TRS is opposed to the BJP .
Not just in Maharashtra, since Modi became PM, in about 8 different states they trampled upon democracy and they’ve dislodged & pulled out govts; Karnataka, MP, now Maharashtra and Goa before that – in several states where they didn’t have the number: Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao was quoted as saying by ANI
Sinha handed over four sets of nomination papers to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, who is the returning officer for the presidential election.
Over 17 parties are backing us. In order to save the Indian democracy, & to defend our Constitution, we must all be united in our fight against BJP. We are all rooting for Yashwant Sinha, Congress leader in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge told ANI