Justice B Sudershan Reddy vs CP Radhakrishnan: Voting to elect next vice-president begins shortly
Voting to elect the new Indian Vice President of India will begin at 10 am, with the ruling NDA's CP Radhakrishnan fighting the contest against the INDIA bloc's Justice B Sudershan Reddy.
According to reports, Indian PM Narendra Modi is expected to cast the first vote and head to inspect flood-hit Punjab and Himachal Pradesh.
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The voting will continue till 5 pm.
The counting of votes will begin an hour later, and by tonight the country is expected to get its new Vice President and the Chairman of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, also known as the Rajya Sabha.
The voting is taking place 50 days after former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar quit the post, citing health reasons.
With NDA's CP Radhakrishnan having the numbers in his favour, he is expected to win the polls without any significant contest from the opposition candidate.
Who is CP Radhakrishnan?
A politician from Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan was a member of the BJP.
He is currently serving as the Maharashtra Governor. He assumed the post on July 31, 2024.
In 1998, Radhakrishnan was elected as a Lok Sabha MP from Coimbatore on a BJP ticket. He was re-elected from the same constituency the following year.
He served as the BJP's Tamil Nadu state unit president from 2001 to 2005.
A member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Radhakrishnan previously served as the Jharkhand Governor.
He was also given the additional charge of Governor of Telangana and Lt. Governor of Puducherry.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
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