US EditionCP Radhakrishnan Is India's New Vice President, Defeats Opposition's B Sudershan Reddy
The National Democratic Alliance's C P Radhakrishnan and Opposition's B Sudershan Reddy compete to fill the Vice President vacancy after Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, with 781 MPs voting today.
- On Tuesday, the vice‑presidential election is being held at the New Parliament Building in New Delhi with voting from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and counting after 6 pm between NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan and INDIA bloc nominee B Sudershan Reddy.
- With the vice‑presidential post vacant after Jagdeep Dhankhar's July 21 resignation, nominations were filed in late August, with C P Radhakrishnan for NDA and B Sudershan Reddy for the INDIA bloc.
- Alliances and abstentions matter because the NDA holds 425 MPs, while the opposition camp has 324 MPs, as of Tuesday.
- The outcome matters because the vice‑president chairs the Rajya Sabha, so election officials are enforcing NDA's man‑to‑man marking strategy to prevent cross‑voting during the secret ballot.
- The contest also has regional implications as Radhakrishnan's nomination is seen as a BJP move to bolster its presence in Tamil Nadu ahead of next year's state polls, while YSRCP's support for the NDA drew sharp criticism from Congress leaders who called it a `betrayal'.
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From farmer's son to SC judge: Oppn's VP candidate Sudershan Reddy rose through ranks
New Delhi: After upholding the Constitution first as a jurist and then as a Supreme Court judge, Opposition’s vice presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy sought to continue his battle this time by protecting it. However, he lost the vice presidential election, which he fought as an ideological battle, to NDA’s C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday. Soft-spoken Reddy upheld the dignity of the contest for the country’s second highest constitutional posit…
Stage set for ‘ideological’ VP polls: BJP-RSS leader Radhakrishnan vs jurist Reddy; voting begins at 10 am - The Statesman
Electoral college votes to elect its next Vice President after Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation. NDA fields veteran RSS leader and Maharashtra Governor C. P. Radhakrishnan, while the Opposition backs former Supreme Court judge Sudershan Reddy in what is being billed as an ideological contest.
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