Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha, who recently joined the Trinamool Congress, has been appointed the Vice President of the Mamata Banerjee-led party. The former union minister has also been made a member of the TMC national working committee as per the order issued on Monday by TMC General Secretary Subrata Bakshi. On March 13, Sinha joined the TMC in Kolkata ahead of the state Assembly polls. West Bengal will witness eight-phased Assembly polls beginning March 27. The tenure of the 16th Legislative Assembly of West Bengal will end on May 30 this year. A total of 7,34,07,832 voters will choose their representative for the 17th Legislative Assembly of West Bengal.
Bengal polls: Trinamool appoints Yashwant Sinha as party s vice president
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TMC appoints Yashwant Sinha as party s vice president, inducts him in its working committee
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Yashwant Sinha, who was a Cabinet minister under former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, joined the TMC on Saturday (PTI)
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after he joined Trinamool Congress, former union minister Yashwant Sinha was on Monday appointed party vice president. He was also made a member of the TMC national working committee.
Yashwant Sinha, who was a Cabinet minister under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, joined the TMC on Saturday. After joining the TMC, Sinha said the tipping point to force him to come back to active party politics was the attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram.