Yashwant Sinha, the candidate of the Opposition parties for the July 18 Presidential elections, on Wednesday started his campaign from Kerala by strongly criticising the policies of the Narendra Modi government and asserting that the country needed a “thinking, speaking President” in the Rashtrapati Bhavan and not a “rubber stamp.”
Mr. Sinha met legislators of the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) separately at the Kerala Legislative Assembly to seek their support for his election. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and other senior leaders were present on the occasion.
Kerala, Mr. Sinha said, will play a unique role in the upcoming polls as all the LDF and UDF MPs and MLAs will be voting for him, setting aside their differences. Later, speaking at a Meet-the-Press programme organised by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists, Mr. Sinha expressed confidence about putting up a strong fight.
