Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1988–1994 | |
Personal details | |
Born | All India Trinamool Congress (2021-2022) | 6 November 1937
Spouse | Nilima Sinha |
Children | Jayant Sinha Sumant Sinha, Sharmila |
Residence(s) | New Delhi, India |
Occupation | Civil servant, politician |
Awards | Officier de la Légion d’Honneur (2015) |
Yashwant Sinha (Hindustani pronunciation:
In March 2021, he joined the
Early life
Sinha was born in a
Civil Service career
Sinha joined the
From 1971 to 1973, he was
He later was
Political career
Janata Dal
Sinha resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 1984 and joined active politics as a member of the Janata Party. He was appointed All-India General secretary of the party in 1986 and was elected Member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament) in 1988.[9]
When the Janata Dal was formed in 1989, he was appointed General Secretary of the party. He worked as Minister of Finance from November 1990 to June 1991 in Chandra Shekhar's Cabinet.[10]
BJP
He became the National Spokesperson of the
In his autobiography Drohkaal ka Pathik, released in November 2013, former MP Pappu Yadav alleged that three MPs of his Indian Federal Democratic Party got money from the then finance minister Sinha, to join the NDA in 2001.[12]
Also there were allegations against Yashwant Sinha, that he was involved in the UTI scam.[13][14][15][16][17]
On 4 April 2017, Sinha was detained in Hazaribagh district along with BJP MLA Manish Jaiswal and 150 others after trying to hold a religious procession. On police stopping them, his supporters protested and allegedly threw stones at the police.[18]
TMC and 2022 presidential campaign
On 13 March 2021, he joined
Finance minister
Sinha was the
Sinha has written a comprehensive account of his years as Finance Minister titled Confessions of a Swadeshi Reformer.[20]
Yashwant Sinha has been accused by opponents, and by other political observers of trying to promote nepotism by nominating his son Jayant Sinha as a successor to contest from Hazaribagh overlooking the interests of many other loyal party workers, though he tried to justify the nomination of his son as a party decision.[21]
Honors
In 2015, he was awarded Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, the highest civilian distinction of France.[22] It was bestowed upon him in recognition of his work as Union Minister of Finance, Minister of External Foreign Affairs and for his invaluable contribution to international issues.[23][24]
Personal life
Sinha was born in a Bihari kayastha family and has a wide range of interests including reading, gardening and meeting people. He has widely travelled and has led a number of political and social delegations. He played a leading role in many negotiations on behalf of India. Sinha's wife is Nilima Sinha, one of India's leading children's writers and President, Association of Writers and Illustrators for Children.[25] They have a daughter, Sharmila, and two sons: Jayant Sinha and Sumant Sinha. Sinha blogs under the title Musings of a Swadeshi Reformer.[26] He has co-authored the book India Unmade with Aditya Sinha.[27]
Electoral performance
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BJP | Yashwant Sinha | 2,19,810 | 31.81 | ||
INC | Saurabh Narain Singh | 1,79,646 | 26.00 | ||
AJSU | Chandra Prakash Choudhary | 86,880 | 12.57 | ||
JMM | Shivlal Mahto | 53,902 | 7.80 | ||
CPI | Bhubneshwar Prasad Mehta | 53,785 | 7.78 | ||
JVM(P) | Braj Kishore Jaiswal | 43,745 | 6.33 | ||
Majority | 40,164 | 5.81 | |||
Turnout | 6,90,943 | 53.08 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
BJP gain from CPI | Swing |
Candidate | Coalition | Individual votes |
Electoral College votes |
% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Droupadi Murmu | National Democratic Alliance | 2,824 | 676,803 | 64.03 | |
Yashwant Sinha | United Opposition
|
1,877 | 380,177 | 35.97 | |
Valid votes | 4,701 | 1,056,980 | 98.89 | ||
Blank and invalid votes | 53 | 15,397 | 1.11 | ||
Total | 4,754 | 1,072,377 | 100 | ||
Registered voters / Turnout | 4,809 | 1,086,431 | 98.86 |
References
- ^ a b c "Yashwant Sinha, a profile:Finance Minister, Government of India". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
- ^ "Indian government reshuffled". BBC News. 1 July 2002. Retrieved 30 September 2007.
- ^ a b "Yashwant Sinha Quits BJP, Says India's Democracy Is In Danger". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- OCLC 1109811023.
- ^ Prasad, Anuja, Gireesh Chandra (31 December 2018). "I know I am putting the political career of my son in jeopardy: Yashwant Sinha". mint. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Who is Yashwant Sinha?". India Today. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Yashwant Sinha: A brief profile". Hindustan Times. 22 June 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ^ "Yashwant Sinha – The Telegraph". The Telegraph. Kolkota. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
- ^ Sinha, Yashwant (5 January 2019). "Yashwant Sinha asks in his latest book: Where are the jobs?". National Herald. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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- ^ "Yashwant Sinha quits as BJP vice president". Ibnlive.in.com. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
- ^ D K Singh (27 November 2013) Pappu Yadav in memoir: Both Cong, BJP offered MPs Rs 40 crore each. The Indian Express
- ^ "Why this madness now, Mr Yashwant Sinha?". Business Standard India. 8 February 2012.
- ^ "rediff.com: Money column: The UTI fiasco: So who is responsible?". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Lessons from Jaswant, Yashwant: Adapt to survive in the new BJP". 31 March 2014.
- ^ "Swamy wants Sinha to resign". The Hindu. 13 July 2001. Archived from the original on 24 February 2003.
- ^ "Court notice to Sinha on UTI scam". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Yashwant Sinha, BJP MLA held in Jharkhand". 4 April 2017.
- ^ "A welcome rollback". Free Press Journal. 29 April 2002. Archived from the original on 9 February 2005.
- ^ Confessions of a Swadeshi reformer at publisher site. Retrieved 4 November 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "What lies behind the corrosive effect of dynasty? | Al Jazeera".
- ^ "French Distinction Conferred on Yashwant Sinha". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
- ^ "Highest French Distinction conferred on Mr Yashwant Sinha". La France en Inde / France in India. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ^ "Yashwant Sinha honoured with Officier de la Légion d'Honneur by French Government". Jagranjosh.com. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
- ISBN 9781136720871. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ^ "Musings of a Swadeshi Reformer". Yashwantsinha.in. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
- ^ "While President-elect #DroupadiMurmu got a vote in all states, Opposition's Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha drew a blank in Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, & Sikkim". Twitter.com. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
- ^ "Number Theory: Comparing Droupadi Murmu's win with her predecessors". Hindustan Times. 21 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.