Why Yashwant Sinha s Decision to Join the TMC Is Politically Significant
Though the former BJP leader is unlikely to make a difference electorally in West Bengal, his presence will give a further fillip to the notion that Mamata Banerjee is the fulcrum of the opposition at the national level.
Yashwant Sinha joins the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on March 13, 2021. Photo: PTI
Politics14/Mar/2021
New Delhi: Yashwant Sinhaâs decision to join the Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of the tightly-contested assembly polls in West Bengal may not be electorally crucial but is politically significant for various reasons.
Over the past few years, the former BJP Union minister has emerged as one of the most bitter critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modiâs leadership and the dominance of his personality cult in the saffron party. Sinha’s interventions have particularly been critical in the areas of foreign policy and political economy. In recent times, he has rallied behind the farmers
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New Delhi, March 13
Former NDA minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress citing danger to democracy under the ruling BJP at the Centre.
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KOLKATA, Mar 13: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha,a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days
Former union minister Yashwant Sinha joins TMC
March 13, 2021
Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha. - PTI×
Says democracy is in peril
Former Union Finance Minister, Yashwant Sinha, joined the Trinamool Congress today ahead of the crucial polls in West Bengal.
The 83-year-old, who served as finance minister during the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure as Prime Minister, had quit his earlier party the BJP in 2018; after being in political hiatus for several years.
Sinha is known as a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
His joining is seen as a “prize catch” for the Trinamool, which has seen a series of defections across all levels. The party suffered its biggest set-back when its Rajya Sabha MP and former Rail Minister, Dinesh Trivedi quit after speaking against Trinamool’s functioning on the floor of the Parliament.