NEW DELHI: Combined opposition candidate for the presidential election, Yashwant Sinha, who filed his nomination on Monday, received a setback when at least eight non-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties did not send their representatives on the occasion.
The eight prominent political parties which skipped Sinha’s filing of nomination were Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), People's Democratic Party (PDP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).
