Mamata Banerjee offered herself as hostage during Kandahar hijack: Yashwant Sinha

Deccan Herald

3 years ago

Calling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a “fighter”, former BJP leader Yashwant Sinha after joining the TMC on March 13 claimed that the former offered herself as a hostage in exchange for passengers of the hijacked plane in 'Kandahar incident’ in 1999. The former BJP stalwart joined the TMC ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections.

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