Senior Opposition leaders, including Sharad Pawar, Sharad Yadav and others, are likely to accompany their Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha when he files his nomination on Monday. The NDA’s nominee Draupadi Murmu filed her nominations last week.
Besides Pawar, representatives from other political parties such as also TMC, SP, RJD, Congress and others are likely to join Sinha.
On Sunday, Sinha said the July 18 Presidential election is much more than a personal contest and is a step towards resisting the authoritarian streak of the Government. Sinha said he was not in any 'dharma sankat' over not getting the support of his son, Jayant Sinha, a BJP MP. " He follows his 'Raj Dharma', I will follow my 'Rashtra Dharma'," he said.
Sinha has promised to raise his voice for farmers, workers, unemployed youth, women and all marginalised sections of society if he wins the election.
In a letter to Opposition parties Sinha thanked them for choosing him unanimously as their common presidential candidate and assured them that he will conscientiously uphold, without fear or favour, the basic values and guiding ideals of the Constitution.