Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:24pm on 09 Sep 2025,Tuesday India
NDA's CP Radhakrishnan won India's Vice Presidential election with 452 votes, defeating opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy who received 300 votes, with 14 abstentions. The election was held after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on July 21 due to health concerns, making this the first VP election in 50 days. Radhakrishnan, Maharashtra's current governor, becomes India's 15th Vice President. A former RSS member who joined Bharatiya Janasangh in 1974, he served as BJP's Tamil Nadu State President (2004-2007). The polling achieved 96% turnout by 3 PM, with PM Modi voting first alongside other prominent leaders. Opposition framed this as an "ideological battle," urging conscience-based voting. (PC: India Today)
