Mr Sinha joined the TMC in the presence of senior leader, Sudip Bandopadhyay, Derek O' Brien and Subrata Mukherjee at the Trinamool Bhawan in Kolkata.
Former Union Finance Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Saturday weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The 83-year-old former senior BJP leader who had served as finance minister and external affairs minister under the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, quit the BJP in 2018.
Mr Sinha joined the TMC in the presence of senior leader, Sudip Bandopadhyay, Derek O' Brien and Subrata Mukherjee at the Trinamool Bhawan in Kolkata. After joining the party, Mr Sinha said that "the country is going through an extraordinary situation" because the values that we hold high are in "danger". "We are aware that democracy's strength lies in the institutions of democracy. Today all institutions have been weakened. I say it with regret that this includes the judiciary. That is why there's no one to question the will of the government," he said.
He also said that no one in the country is worried about the farmers, education or health. "The government is not worried. The only aim of the ruling party is to win elections, wherever they happen. The party during Atal ji and the party now are very different. Atalji believed in consensus. Today's government believes in crushing," he further added.
West Bengal Assembly elections will be held in eight phases from March 27 till April 29.
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