Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha says, 'I will remain independent and will not join any other party'

Opposition Presidential candidate, Yashwant Sinha, who recently lost the presidential poll on Tuesday said he will not join any other political party and remain "independent".

Sinha was the joint nominee of non-BJP parties, including the Congress and the TMC in the presidential polls. He lost the polls against NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu, who took oath as the 15th President of India on Monday.

Sinha, 84, also said he is yet to decide on what role he wants to play in public life going ahead. He had quit as Trinamool Congress national vice-president ahead of the presidential election and when asked if he is still in touch with the TMC leadership, he replied in the negative.


"I have to see what role I will play (in public life), how active I will be. I am 84 now, so these are issues; I have to see how long I can carry on," the former finance minister said.

"Nobody has spoken to me; I have not spoken to anyone," he said, adding, he has been in contact with a TMC leader on a "personal basis", he added.

Sinha, a bitter critic of the BJP, had joined the TMC in March 2021, days ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. He had quit the saffron party in 2018.

with inputs from PTI