Yashwant Sinha's nomination for the post of President, Rahul Gandhi was present

- The entire Opposition is supporting Yashwant Sinha: Rahul Gandhi

- It is important for the Opposition that the TRC leader was also present but the Congress ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcho stayed away from the nomination.

New delhi date. 27 June 2022, Monday

The presidential election is going to be held on July 18. Yashwant Sinha, the joint opposition candidate, filed his nomination today in the presence of several prominent opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar.

Yashwant Sinha handed over 4 sets of nomination papers to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P. C. Handed over to Modi. P. C. Modi is the Returning Officer for the Presidential Election.

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Khadge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, DMK leader A Raja and National Conference leader Faru were present on the occasion. . Simultaneously, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Telangana Rashtra Samiti leader K.T. Rama Rao, Marxist Communist Party General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, Communist Party of India General Secretary D Raja, Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Misa Bharti, Revolutionary Socialist Party leader N.K. Premchandran, Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary and several other opposition leaders were also present.

It is important for the Opposition that the TRC leader was also present but the Congress ally Jharkhand Mukti Morcho stayed away from the nomination. It is believed that the JMM has not yet decided which of the opposition or NDA candidates to support. After filing nominations, Sinha garlanded statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Bhimrao Ambedkar at the Parliament House premises.

Support of all opposition to Sinha: Rahul Gandhi

"The entire opposition is supporting Yashwant Sinha," Gandhi told the media. This is a thought-provoking fight. On the one hand there is hatred and on the other hand brotherhood. While CPM leader Sitaram Yechury said that the situation today is an issue of defense of the Constitution.

Sinha, who has held key positions as finance and foreign minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, is likely to start his campaign from Tamil Nadu on June 28.