Yashwant Sinha Yashwant Sinha quits TMC for 'a larger national cause'
Veteran politician Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday quit Trinamool Congress to work for a larger national cause.
He said time has come to work for greater opposition unity.
He tweeted: " 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. "
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
He made the announcement just hours before the opposition parties are scheduled to meet to decide on Presidential candidate.
Sinha's name surfaced as Opposition scurried for a new consensus candidate – a “non-party” nominee – for the July 18 Presidential elections after Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Monday drove them into a crisis by declining their offer to fight the electoral battle, reports Deccan Herald.
