K Chandrashekhar Rao, who had bonded with Mamata Banerjee over their common goal of defeating the BJP, had earlier this month opted out of the big meeting called by her to discuss a joint strategy for the Presidential election.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were not present during the filing of the nomination by Yashwant Sinha, the Opposition s joint candidate for the Presidential poll.Senior leaders of 16 Opposition parties, including .
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah, CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury and other opposition leaders were present at the filing of Yashwant Sinha s nomination.