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Yashwant Sinha files nomination for prez poll in presence of Rahul Gandhi

Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday filed his nomination papers for the July 18 election. 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. Top opposition leaders including NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK's A Raja and NC leader Farooq Abdullah were present when Sinha submitted his nomination papers. Sinha was named as the common opposition candidate for the presidential election on June 21. NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu has already filed her nomination papers last week.

Oppn's prez poll candidate Sinha vows to raise voice for farmers, workers

Pointing out that India is currently going through extremely difficult times, Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha promises to raise his voice for farmers, workers, unemployed youth, women

Droupadi Murmu dials Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Mamata, seeking support

NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu on Friday called up some key opposition leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Mamata Banerjee, and sought their support

Oppn's prez candidate Yashwant Sinha holds 1st campaign strategy meeting

Sinha will file his nomination for the presidential polls on June 27 and is most likely to begin campaigning from Jharkhand and Bihar.

Conspiracies were on to topple Opposition govts: Gehlot on MVA crisis

"I am hearing of the conspiracy that was done in Maharashtra. The MLAs have been taken to Surat. This is their (BJP's) attempt to topple the government, which has come in front of the world"

RSS leader mocks Opposition over Yashwant Sinha's nomination for president

Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Tuesday ridiculed opposition parties for picking Yashwant Sinha as their presidential candidate, saying he was with the BJP which emerged from the Jan Sangh

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.

Shiv Sena likely to skip opposition meet to decide presidential candidate

Battling a crisis in the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena leaders are likely to skip the opposition parties meeting on Tuesday to finalise their joint candidate for the Presidential election

Missing in action: Opposition fights shy of taking on bulldozer drive in UP

The SP, with 111 legislators in a House of 403, is the largest entity in the Opposition

Opposition parties to meet on June 21 to pick presidential candidate

Sources say that 17 parties that attend the meeting will have to arrive at a consensus on the candidate's name after Sharad Pawar declined to contest

Opposition creating controversy on Agnipath by provoking people: VK Singh

Union minister and former Army chief General VK Singh (retd) accused opposition parties of creating a controversy over the Agnipath scheme for recruitment in the defence forces by provoking people

Himachal CM welcomes Agnipath scheme, slams opposition for politicising it

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday hailed the Centre's decision to approve the 'Agnipath' scheme for the recruitment of youth in the Armed Forces.

Mamata's dream of emerging as nucleus to remain unfulfilled, claims BJP

The BJP on Wednesday mocked West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's efforts to unite opposition parties ahead of the upcoming presidential polls, and asserted that the TMC supremo would return empty-handed

Absence of key regional parties in meeting on presidential poll cheers BJP

The absence of AAP and TRS are significant as both parties have been critical of the ruling party and have called for forging a wider unity against it in the past.

Presidential polls: Cracks in Opposition ranks as Mamata's meeting begins

TRS, AAP have refused to attend the meeting with SAD likely to give it a miss too

Rajnath reaches out to Mallikarjun Kharge as cracks appear in oppn camp

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has spoken with Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge on the issue of Presidential polls amid reports of cracks appearing in the opposition ranks

Cracks in Mamata Banerjee-led 'opposition meet' for Presidential polls

TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with several Opposition leaders to discuss presidential polls and put up a united fight against the ruling BJP-led NDA

I'm in favour of strong opposition in the country: PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday slammed dynastic politics and said he favoured a strong opposition in the country. Addressing an event at President Ram Nath Kovind's ancestral Paraunkh village, Modi said dynastic politics is throttling talent in the country. He said those gripped with "parivarwad" (dynastic politics) are uniting against him, while people flay its ills. He said dynastic politics must stop so that anyone born in a village can become the prime minister and or the president.

India needs stronger opposition for healthy democracy: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Asserting that India is a vibrant democracy and the elections held in country are free and fair, he said at the national level, there needs to be a strong opposition party, which is currently missing

SJB claims having over 113 signers for no-confidence against Sri Lanka govt

One of the demands of recent anti-government protests has been a constitutional amendment to reduce the power of the executive