The opposition presidential candidate, Yashwant Sinha, will file his nomination on Monday at around 11:30 am. Leaders including TMC's Mamata Banerjee, NCP’s Sharad Pawar and Congress’ Mallikarjun Kharge and Jairam Ramesh are expected to accompany him for the filing of the nomination papers. <br /> <br />Telangana Rashtra Samithi’s (TRS) working president and Minister KT Rama Rao will also be attending the nomination programme. Along with Rama Rao, son of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao (also known as KCR), and some of the TRS MPs will also attend the programme. <br /> <br />Former union minister, Yashwant Sinha (84), was chosen as the consensus candidate from the Joint Opposition for the upcoming Presidential elections which will take place on July 18, 2022.