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Should India have a rubber-stamp President? asks Yashwant Sinha

  •   Thu, Jul 14 2022 10:16:02 PM

Bhopal, Jul 14 (IANS): Joint Opposition candidate for Presidential polls, Yashwant Sinha on Thursday questioned NDA nominee Draupadi Murmu's silence on issues concerning the tribal community in the country.

Addressing a press conference here at a hotel, Sinha called Murmu a 'silent' and 'rubber stamp' candidate for the Presidential election.

"I have great regards for Draupadi Murmu. However, so far, she has not broken her silence even on issues concerning the tribal communities in India. Hence, my question is to members of the electoral college, and also to the people of the county -- should India have a silent and rubber-stamp Rashtrapati?" Sinha said.

He further stated that there is nothing wrong if MLAs and MPs vote for a candidate of his or her choice in the Presidential election.

"The makers of the constitution have devised the method of the secret ballot to underscore the fact that the members of the Electoral College should have freedom to heed the call of their conscience, and should not blindly follow the decision of their respective parties.

"Therefore, I too urge MPs and MLAs, regardless of their party affiliations, to vote for me. But I strongly condemn the dirty tricks employed by the ruling party.... My fight is against anarchism and to protect the democracy of the country," he added.

"Apart from Madhya Pradesh, the BJP dislodged governments in Karnataka, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, and most recently in Maharashtra. In all this, I hear alarm bells for democracy in India," Sinha said.

Sinha arrived in Bhopal on Wednesday night to seek support of MPs and MLAs for the upcoming July 18 Presidential elections.

He has left for Delhi on Thursday noon.

 
  

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  • mohan prabhu, mangalore/canada

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    From Rajendra Prasad to Kovind, has there been any President who has disallowed a Act duly enacted by Parliament? It took the Supreme Court to hold the three Farm Laws in abeyance which President Kovind should have. So, no wonder no one expect Murumu if she is elected President to toe the line. At least she would not only represent the STs but also SCs and OBCs who constitute 69% of India's population (according to the National Sample Survey Organization - Sept. 1, 2007) , and would be nicknamed a nation of Backward communities (Dalit, for short). At least, the White supremists during the Apartheid period were booted out by the majority blacks and now they are all called Black South Africans.

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  • Don, Mangalore

    Thu, Jul 14 2022

    Our beloved India is to be renamed "INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED". India is run by 4 Gujarati's - 2 of them sell and 2 of them buy.

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  • Karuna, Bengaluru

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    The so called Gujus who have sold India to other two Gujjus has generated millions of jobs for the citizens of this country and helped millions of people to earn huge profit by investing their hard earned money in the shares of those two Gujjus companies.Probably you are also one of those beneficiaries. On the other hand I dont think the two Gujjus who sold have earned any profit out of it

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