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Yashwant Sinha is Opposition consensus candidate for presidential election

The BJP has enough votes to elect its candidate but has not named a person yet.

Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha (Photo: PTI)
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Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha (Photo: PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi
Yashwant Sinha, a former minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, was on Tuesday named the Opposition’s presidential candidate in election next month.

"In the forthcoming Presidential elections, we have decided to elect a common candidate and stop the Modi government from doing further damage. At a subsequent meeting held today we have chosen Yashwant Sinha as a common candidate. We appeal to all political parties to vote for Yashwant Sinha," said Jairam Ramesh, Congress's communication chief.

"We appeal to BJP, its allies to support Yashwant Sinha as president so we can have a worthy 'rashtrapati' elected unopposed,” said

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