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In a major development, the Centre on Friday accorded Z category security cover of armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos to the Opposition’s presidential candidate, Yashwant Sinha. According to officials, Sinha has been extended a Z category cover after he was elected as the joint Opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections. Earlier on Wednesday, the Centre accorded 'Z plus' security cover of CRPF commandos to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. The UPA candidate is expected to file his nomination on June 27. Following this, he is expected to travel across the country for campaigning. Opposition parties settled on Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate during a high-level meeting that concluded in Delhi on Tuesday. After the first three proposed candidates refused, Sinha's name was unanimously decided by the political parties, including the Congress and Trinamool Congress. Yashwant Sinha to file nomination as UPA's Presidential candidate A former Union Minister, who recently exited the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, Yashwant Sinha has represented the BJP for the most part of his political career and was considered a veteran leader of the saffron party. The 84-year-old is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who began his services in 1960 and resigned in 1984 to kickstart his political career. READ | During his association with BJP, Sinha served as the Minister of Finance and Foreign Minister under the leaders...

The countdown for electing the 16th President of India has begun with the Congress President Sonia Gandhi has deputed Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to reach out to the Opposition parties. Sources said that after informal talks with all Opposition parties, a joint meeting will be scheduled in Delhi. Explained | “The Congress believes in building consensus among all Opposition parties and we shall have a common candidate who will represent the secular ethos of the like-minded parties. This contest is about putting up an alternative to the communal and regressive agenda of the BJP,” Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal said. CPI leader Binoy Viswam tweeted that he had received a call from Mr. Kharge. Mr. Viswam said that the CPI would support a common candidate with secular credentials and a progressive outlook. Different scenario The 2022 Presidential elections are different in many ways, compared to the one in 2017. There have been three key changes in the last five years. One, the Aam Aadmi Party, with its victory in Punjab now has Chief Ministers in two States, at par with the Congress (Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh). The Congress has studiously kept AAP out of the Opposition equation over the years. The Congress’s inexplicable lethargy over the presidential poll Second, the Trinamool Congress party, which played an able deputy to the Congress in the 2017 Presidential polls, is far more assertive after its stupendous victory i...

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Chennai: After NCP, another key UPA ally DMK on Thursday said it will support the ruling alliance's candidate in the Presidential election. "We will accept the candidate proposed by the Congress," DMK chief M Karunanidhi told reporters when asked about UPA ally Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party proposing their own set of names. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had already informed him about her choice through Defence Minister AK Antony who met him last month, Karunanidhi said, adding he had accepted it. Declining to divulge any name, he said, "There is no change in what I said earlier (pledging support to Congress nominee)." Earlier in the day, DMK Parliamentary Party leader TR Baalu met Gandhi in Delhi and discussed the issue.

Presidential Election 2022 Candidates: Yashwant Sinha was named as the joint Presidential Candidate of the UPA and other opposition on June 21, 2022. Sinha was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party but left the party in April 2018 and joined the Trinamool Congress. The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announced Draupadi Murmu's name as their Presidential candidate on the same day. The Indian Presidential Elections are scheduled to be held on July 18. The President is elected by the electoral college comprising elected members of both houses of the parliament and the elected members of the Legislative assemblies of the states and Union Territories. Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to hold the first meeting of the Campaign Committee (for the Presidential poll) today. (File photo) Congress's communication Chief Jairam Ramesh read out a joint statement from the opposition saying, “Ideally, a consensus candidate of the government and the Opposition should be elected for the highest office of the Republic. However, the initiative for this should have been taken by the government. We regret the fact that the Modi government made no serious efforts in this direction. We, therefore, appeal to all political parties to support the candidature of Mr. Sinha so that the nation can have a worthy Rashtrapati elected unopposed.” We (opposition parties) have unanimously decided that Yashwant Sinha will be the common candidate of the Opposition for the Pres...

June 17, 2023 Presidential Election: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition have announced the names of their candidates for the Presidential election. For the Presidential election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the candidate from the NDA side. The party has played a bet on the tribal women leader of Odisha and Draupadi Murmu, the former governor of Jharkhand. BJP President JP Nadda revealed his name after brainstorming at the party headquarters. According to information received from sources, Draupadi Murmu can file her nomination on 25. For this, BJP has instructed all its senior leaders and Union Ministers to stay in Delhi on 24th and 25th. At present, Draupadi Murmu has served as the Governor of Jharkhand for six years and a month. At the same time, regarding the presidential election, the opposition announced the name of Yashwant Sinha as a candidate. Sinha has been the Union Finance Minister twice. For the first time he was the Finance Minister in the government of Chandrashekhar in 1990 and then in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He has also been the foreign minister in the Vajpayee government. At the same time, it becomes necessary to understand that who has the upper hand? Talking about the strength of these political alliances that voted in the presidential election, the Congress-led UPA alliance currently has around 23 per cent votes, while the NDA alliance has nearly 49 per cent votes, more than double that of the UPA. In su...

In a major development, the Centre on Friday accorded Z category security cover of armed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) commandos to the Opposition’s presidential candidate, Yashwant Sinha. According to officials, Sinha has been extended a Z category cover after he was elected as the joint Opposition candidate for the upcoming presidential elections. Earlier on Wednesday, the Centre accorded 'Z plus' security cover of CRPF commandos to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu. The UPA candidate is expected to file his nomination on June 27. Following this, he is expected to travel across the country for campaigning. Opposition parties settled on Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate during a high-level meeting that concluded in Delhi on Tuesday. After the first three proposed candidates refused, Sinha's name was unanimously decided by the political parties, including the Congress and Trinamool Congress. Yashwant Sinha to file nomination as UPA's Presidential candidate A former Union Minister, who recently exited the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, Yashwant Sinha has represented the BJP for the most part of his political career and was considered a veteran leader of the saffron party. The 84-year-old is a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, who began his services in 1960 and resigned in 1984 to kickstart his political career. READ | During his association with BJP, Sinha served as the Minister of Finance and Foreign Minister under the leaders...

Chennai: After NCP, another key UPA ally DMK on Thursday said it will support the ruling alliance's candidate in the Presidential election. "We will accept the candidate proposed by the Congress," DMK chief M Karunanidhi told reporters when asked about UPA ally Trinamool Congress and Samajwadi Party proposing their own set of names. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had already informed him about her choice through Defence Minister AK Antony who met him last month, Karunanidhi said, adding he had accepted it. Declining to divulge any name, he said, "There is no change in what I said earlier (pledging support to Congress nominee)." Earlier in the day, DMK Parliamentary Party leader TR Baalu met Gandhi in Delhi and discussed the issue.

June 17, 2023 Presidential Election: The Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition have announced the names of their candidates for the Presidential election. For the Presidential election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced the candidate from the NDA side. The party has played a bet on the tribal women leader of Odisha and Draupadi Murmu, the former governor of Jharkhand. BJP President JP Nadda revealed his name after brainstorming at the party headquarters. According to information received from sources, Draupadi Murmu can file her nomination on 25. For this, BJP has instructed all its senior leaders and Union Ministers to stay in Delhi on 24th and 25th. At present, Draupadi Murmu has served as the Governor of Jharkhand for six years and a month. At the same time, regarding the presidential election, the opposition announced the name of Yashwant Sinha as a candidate. Sinha has been the Union Finance Minister twice. For the first time he was the Finance Minister in the government of Chandrashekhar in 1990 and then in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He has also been the foreign minister in the Vajpayee government. At the same time, it becomes necessary to understand that who has the upper hand? Talking about the strength of these political alliances that voted in the presidential election, the Congress-led UPA alliance currently has around 23 per cent votes, while the NDA alliance has nearly 49 per cent votes, more than double that of the UPA. In su...

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