New Delhi: On Monday, Former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha threw his hat in the race for prime ministership when he declared himself as the "closest" person who could deliver on job creation, building roads, townships and industries. Sinha was former finance minister during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led previous NDA government, said that Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari would not succeed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he and BJP chief Amit Shah will "not retire" even if the BJP fell below the 200-seat mark in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
He is also a former BJP lawmaker, said that the problem in the country was non-creation of crores of jobs and millions of kilometres of roads. India needs a leader who can make agriculture profitable and set up irrigation projects, townships and industries.
he said that, "We have to do a lot of work in this country... We will have to find somebody who is prepared to buy this theory and start doing it, but There is nobody in my mind."
While , Asked who was closest to deliver all this, he said, "The closest is me, myself, what I am," leading to a laughter in the audience of the event ."I am very close behind him," said CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury, seated next to him, when asked if he endorsed Sinha.
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Various opposition parties are looking to unite to put up a united front to defeat the Modi-led BJP in general elections, with the BJP taking a swipe at them saying all are prime ministerial aspirants in the opposition camp.
Sinha said what he is saying is "because I know the kind of vice-like grip the current prime minister and the party president have over the BJP and even after the loss in elections where they could be below 200, they will not retire from their leadership."
