Mamata Banerjee offered to go as hostage for the release of passengers: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha, a staunch opponent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of Mamata Banerjee's party on Saturday. Sinha joined the Trinamool Congress ahead of the eight-phase election for the West Bengal Assembly election. In this era of political innings, he has shared an old memory of the case related to the Kandahar Hostages Case.

Sinha said, 'I want to tell you that a meeting of the Cabinet took place when the Indian aircraft (IC 814) was hijacked and its hijackers were taken to Kandahar, Afghanistan. She then offered that she would go as a hostage, but the condition would be that the terrorists would have to release the other passengers. ”She praised the TMC chief, saying that she had been a warrior from the beginning, giving her life. is not fear.

Sinha said, 'This government can do anything to win the election. I decided to work with him because of the attack on Mamta ji. ”His remarks came in the context of the alleged attack on Mamata Banerjee on March 10 in Nandigram. Sinha told reporters that the decision to join TMC First they had a conversation with Mamta for about 45 minutes.

Yashwant Sinha said that about two decades ago, the then Railway Minister Mamta Banerjee had offered to go there as a hostage for the release of passengers in the Kandahar aircraft hijack case. Significantly, this unexpected incident came to light on 24 December 1999 when the Air India aircraft was hijacked.

On the other hand, Leader of Lok Sabha of Trinamool Congress, Sudip Bandopadhyay said, 'We welcome Yashwant Sinha in our party. With their participation, our fight against the BJP in the elections will be further strengthened, '' he said. Sinha played the responsibility of Finance Minister in Chandrashekhar's government in the year 1990 and after that Vajpayee's cabinet also gave him the charge of this ministry. He also played the responsibility of the foreign minister in the Vajpayee government.

Regarding the incident with Mamta Banerjee, he said that I think it was a planned attack. Sharati elements used car doors to injure them. He said that now I am even more confident that TMC is leading for a strong majority in this election.