Yashwant Sinha
Yashwant Sinha is a veteran Indian politician and a former Finance Minister of India, serving under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He is a prominent member of the All India Trinamool Congress and has been vocal about various national issues, often critiquing the current government's policies. Recently, he made headlines for his controversial statements regarding the Pulwama and Pahalgam attacks, suggesting that these incidents were politically motivated events intended to sway elections. Sinha has consistently raised concerns about the politicization of national security in India.
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Former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha spent years trying to awaken India’s foreign-policy and security establishment to post-Soviet realities.
India’s middle-power dilemma - Stabroek News
Guyana· 2026-02-05
Yashwant Sinha presented the Union Budget a day earlier in 1999 when the scheduled date fell on a Sunday.
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India· 2026-01-31
Yashwant Sinha was among the leaders who used to gather in the central hall of Parliament.
মোদির ব্যক্তিপূজার পররাষ্ট্রনীতি ভারতকে বন্ধুহীন করেছে
Bangladesh· 2025-06-01
Sinha suspects Modi of politicizing incidents for electoral benefit.
Pax in terris - Newspaper
Pakistan· 2025-05-29
Yashwant Sinha criticized the Modi government for using military responses against Pakistan as an electoral strategy.
سابق بھارتی وزیر خزانہ نے پہلگام حملے میں پاکستان کو کلین چٹ دے دیPakistan· 2025-05-21