New Delhi – Theโ upcoming vice-presidential election pits NDA candidate C.P.Radhakrishnan against oppositionโ INDIA bloc nominee Sudershan Reddy, with the ruling โcoalition holding a notable numerical advantage. โThe election was necessitated by Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation on July 21, citing health reasons, in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution.โฃ Dhankhar had โserved as Vice-President since โ2022,โค previouslyโ holding the position of Governor of West Bengal from 2019 to 2022.
The NDA โคcurrently commands the support of 422 members in the combined effective strength ofโ both Houses of Parliament, totaling 781. This comprises 293 members in the 542-member Lok Sabha and 129 in the 240-member Rajya Sabha.The victoryโ mark โขisโข set at 385 votes. โ
C.P. Radhakrishnan, 68, is the current Governor โof Maharashtra, appointed July 31, 2024.A BJP leader twice electedโข to the Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu (1998,โ 1999), he is described as being “rooted in RSS ideology.”
The INDIA bloc has nominated former Supreme Court judge B.Sudershan Reddy, 79, who retired in July 2011.โข He is known โขfor landmark judgments, including criticisms of the government’s handling of black-money investigations โand a ruling declaring the Salwa โJudum unconstitutional.
Notably, the BRS, โฃBJD, and SAD -โข collectively holding 12 MPs – have chosen to abstain from the vice-presidential election.