PM Modi meets and felicitates newly elected Vice-Presidential CP Radhakrishnan
PM Modi meets and felicitates newly elected Vice-Presidential
CP Radhakrishnan
In the Vice-Presidential elections CP Radhakrishnan has been elected as the 15th Vice President of India. He had earlier served as the Governor of several states.
PM Modi met and felicitated CP Radhakrishnan on being elected as the new Vice-President of India.
Reportedly,the Vice-Presidential election was a straight fight between the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s CP Radhakrishnan and the Opposition’s Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA bloc) nominee B Sudershan Reddy in the vice-presidential election, with the BJP-led alliance holding an edge based on its numerical strength in both Houses. The contest came following Jagdeep Dhankhar’s
unanticipated resignation as vice-president on July 21, citing the need to “prioritise health care and abide by medical advice.”
On Monday, both the ruling NDA and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc held separate meetings in the Parliament complex, projecting strength and guiding MPs on the voting procedure. Mock polls were conducted to ensure members cast their votes correctly.
At the Opposition camp, MPs were cautioned against wasting votes, recalling that some ballots were declared invalid in the last vice-presidential election. They were instructed to mark only ‘1’ against their preferred candidate and not indicate a second preference, which is counted only in the rare event of a tie.
News Edit KV Raman
