Former union minister Yaswant Sinha leaves after launching ‘Rashtra Manch’, a national forum, in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: PTINew Delhi: After months of snapping at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a disgruntled Yashwant Sinha on Tuesday launched a political platform, joined by a number of politicians led by BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha. The new political platform ‘Rashtra Manch’ seeks to take the Centre on and would start a movement against its policies, former union finance minister Yashwant Sinha said. Yashwant Sinha likened the present situation to that which prevailed 70 years ago when Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated, on this day, and said democracy and its institutions were under attack. Yashwant Sinha has publicly criticised the Modi government’s economic policies and style of functioning.

Source: Mint January 30, 2018 15:11 UTC