Accompanied by representatives of 14 opposition parties, joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday filed his nomination papers for the presidential elections. The Aam Aadmi Party and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha were conspicuous by their absence. Both the parties have not yet declared their preference between the government-sponsored candidate Droupadi Murmu and Mr. Sinha.
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Mr. Sinha was flanked by former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, NCP patriarch Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress's Abhishek Banerjee, DMK leaders Tiruchi Siva and A. Raja, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI general secretary D. Raja and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary among others. Notably, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi, which had skipped both the opposition meetings called for presidential elections, was also present. The party was represented by Telangana Minister K.T. Rama Rao and Lok Sabha member Nama Nageshwar Rao.
