<p dir="ltr">Choosing Yashwant Sinha as its common candidate, Opposition parties on Tuesday said they will take forward the "unity" they forged for the Presidential election in a spirit of "equality, common commitments and consensus-building".</p>.<p dir="ltr">In a joint statement, the parties said that the country is passing through “difficult times” and the BJP government at the Centre has failed totally in fulfilling its promises and commitments.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“Furthermore, it is misusing ED, CBI, Election Commission, Governor’s office and other institutions as weapons against Opposition parties and state governments run by them,” it said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“Therefore, we assure the people of India that the unity of the Opposition parties, which has been forged for the Presidential Election in a spirit of equality, common commitments and consensus-building through dialogue, will be further consolidated in the months ahead,” the parties said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">In his long and distinguished career in public life, it said, Sinha has served the nation in various capacities – as an able administrator, accomplished parliamentarian and acclaimed Union Minister of Finance and External Affairs. </p>.<p dir="ltr">“He is eminently qualified to uphold the secular and democratic character of the Indian Republic and its Constitutional values,” it said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Choosing Yashwant Sinha as its common candidate, Opposition parties on Tuesday said they will take forward the "unity" they forged for the Presidential election in a spirit of "equality, common commitments and consensus-building".</p>.<p dir="ltr">In a joint statement, the parties said that the country is passing through “difficult times” and the BJP government at the Centre has failed totally in fulfilling its promises and commitments.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“Furthermore, it is misusing ED, CBI, Election Commission, Governor’s office and other institutions as weapons against Opposition parties and state governments run by them,” it said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">“Therefore, we assure the people of India that the unity of the Opposition parties, which has been forged for the Presidential Election in a spirit of equality, common commitments and consensus-building through dialogue, will be further consolidated in the months ahead,” the parties said.</p>.<p dir="ltr">In his long and distinguished career in public life, it said, Sinha has served the nation in various capacities – as an able administrator, accomplished parliamentarian and acclaimed Union Minister of Finance and External Affairs. </p>.<p dir="ltr">“He is eminently qualified to uphold the secular and democratic character of the Indian Republic and its Constitutional values,” it said.</p>
