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Yashwant Sinha (Hindustani pronunciation: [jəʃˈʋən̪t̪ sɪnˈɦɑː], born 6 November 1937) is an Indian administrator and politician. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1990 until 1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and again from March 1998 to July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee .
Jun 21, 2022 · Yashwant Sinha. While the NDA is not expected to face more than a few hiccups in the polls, Yashwant Sinha's candidature carries huge symbolism for both his former party as well as the Opposition, that is looking for a moral stand against the Modi government.
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Janata Dal Yashwant Sinha joined active politics as a member of the Janata Party after he resigned from the Indian Administrative Service in 1984. Sinha was appointed as All-India General Secretary of the party in 1986 and was elected as the Member of Rajya Sabha in 1988. Yashwant Sinha worked as the Minister of Finance from November 1990 to 1991 d...
Yashwant Sinha was nominated as the Presidential candidate for the 2022 Presidential elections. The unanimous decision also made him the first Trinamool Congress leader to be nominated for President. After his nomination, Sinha resigned from the All India Trinamool Congress.
Yashwant Sinha, in 2015, was awarded Officier de la Legion d’Honneur which is the highest civilian designation of France. The honor was bestowed upon him in recognition of his work as the Union Minister of Finance, Minister of External Foreign Affairs, and for his invaluable contribution to various international issues. GK Quiz on Presidential Elec...
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Sep 6, 2024 · Yashwant Sinha, Indian bureaucrat, politician, and government official who rose to become a leading figure in the Bharatiya Janata Party of India and twice served (1990–91 and 1998–2004) as a cabinet minister in the Indian government.
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In 2013, when preparations were underway for the next years’ general election, Yashwant Sinha set off a flutter by pitching the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s name for Prime ...
Sinha became the national spokesperson of the BJP in June 1996 and was appointed Finance Minister of India in March 1998. He represents Hazaribagh constitutency of Bihar in the Lok Sabha.
Yashwant Sinha is back in the news. The former finance and external affairs minister, who served as a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has turned increasingly critical of the...
