Before Opposition Meet, Yashwant Sinha's Appeal to "Mature Leaders" in Congress

Yashwant Sinha will be one of the key participants at a mega meeting of opposition parties called by Sharad Pawar on Tuesday.

Mamata Banerjee's victory in Bengal has busted the myth that the BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, is invincible. This, therefore, is the right time for the opposition to come together and form plans to beat them in 2024, former Union minister Yashwant Sinha -- who recently joined the Trinamool Congress -- told NDTV today. Mr Sinha will be one of the key participants at a mega meeting of opposition parties called by Sharad Pawar on Tuesday. The Nationalist Congress Party chief has invited leaders from multiple like-minded parties in an initiative taken after two rounds of meeting with poll strategist Prashant Kishor. The former chief of IPAC who crafted the campaign of Mamata Banerjee, is seen as being the pivot in an effort to craft an opposition front against the BJP in 2024. "It is a good time for the opposition to come together. But along with it, I'll also say this -- there is an English proverb that 'Let the best not be the enemy of the good'. Let us do whatever we can and not get comfortable waiting for the best to take an intiative," Yashwant Sinha told NDTV in what appeared an arch reference to the Congress. The Trinamool Congress chief -- despite her excellent rapport with Sonia Gandhi -- has not got along with the Congress under Rahul Gandhi's leadership.