INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Former union minister Yashwant Sinha, who has minced no words in criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, today announced that
he was quitting the BJP and launching a strong nationwide campaign to save democracy
"Today I am ending all ties with the BJP I am taking sanyas (retirement) from any kind of party politics", Yashwant Sinha said in Patna this
because of the party's condition
As you have already seen the recent Parliament session - it was the shortest session in the history.""Democracy in India is in great
danger," he added.Yashwant Sinha said he will now try to unite all non-BJP parties
"I will not join any political party and will have nothing to do with party-politics
I am not an aspirant for any top post and I am making it clear here that I am not at all interested to seek any post," he added.The
announcement was made during a meeting of Yashwant Sinha's organization Rashtra Manch
Leaders of the Congress, Lalu Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal were present at the meet; so was BJP lawmaker Shatrughan Sinha, who has also been
Prime Minister Modi's whopping victory, Yashwant Sinha was marginalised along with senior leaders including LK Advani, seen as punishment
for opposing Mr Modi being named their party's presumptive prime minister.In September last year, Yashwant Sinha had skewered his own
government's economic performance in a lacerating opinion, in which he said, "The economy is on a downward spiral and a hard landing is
inevitable.Yashwant Sinha had held the Finance and External Affairs portfolios in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet between 1998
