NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan is India’s new Vice-President

National Democratic Alliance NDAbacked CP Radhakrishnan was elected as the 15th VicePresident on Tuesday Radhakrishnan defeated INDIA bloc nominee Justice B Sudershan Reddy by 152 votes A total of 9820 per cent voter turnout was found in the VP elections wherein 767 MPs cast their vote out of 788The NDA nominee received 452 first preference votes whereas the INDIA bloc candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy received 300 first preference votes Fifteen votes were considered invalid A total of 13 MPs abstained from voting The list includes seven MPs from Biju Janata Dal four from Bharath Rashtra Samithi one MP from Shiromani Akali Dal and one independent MPldquoNDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes He has been elected as the Vice President of India Oppositionrsquos vicepresidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy secured 300 first preference votesrdquo Rajya Sabha general secretary PC Mody said in his press conferenceEarlier on Tuesday top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi Union Ministers Rajnath Singh Amit Shah Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and others cast their vote in the vicepresidential elections The VP seat has been vacant since July 21 2025 as Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his position citing health reasonsWho is heChandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was serving as the 24th Governor of Maharashtra from July 31 2024 before being announced as the VP candidateHe previously served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024 He also held additional charge as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry between March and July 2024 Radhakrishnan had earlier also served as the Governor of Jharkhand Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of PuducherryThe BJP stalwart from Tamil Nadu has achieved a bachelorrsquos degree in Business Administration and became the state committee member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh the BJPrsquos precursor in 1974 Before the Jan Sangh he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh RSS In 1996 Radhakrishnan was appointed as the BJP Tamil Nadu secretary following which he was elected as a Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore in 1998 and reelected again in 1999During his tenure as MP he served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee and was also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Public Sector Undertakings PSUs and the Consultative Committee for Finance He was also a member of the Parliamentary Special Committee investigating the Stock Exchange ScamFrom 2004 to 2007 he served as the Tamil Nadu state president He was appointed as the Chairman of the Coir Board Kochi which comes under the Union Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises from 2016 to 2020 and held the position for four years Radhakrishnan was also the All India in Charge of the BJP for Kerala from 2020 to 2022Moral and political defeat for bjp says CongressThe Congress on Tuesday said the Opposition stood united for the election with a ldquomost respectablerdquo performance and claimed that the BJPrsquos arithmetical victory is both ldquomoral and political defeatrdquo ldquoIts performance has undeniably been most respectable Its joint candidate Justice retd B Sudershan Reddy secured 40 per cent of the vote The BJPrsquos arithmetical victory is really both a moral and political defeat The ideological battle continues undiminishedrdquo Congress general secretary incharge communications Jairam Ramesh said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge extended best wishes to Radhakrishnan while also expressing sincere gratitude to B Sudershan Reddy for being the ldquounited Oppositionrsquos joint candidaterdquo and for his spirited and principled fight ldquoThis was more than an election it was a battle of ideology reaffirming that governments with authoritarian tendencies must be checked to protect our Constitution and democracyrdquo said KhargeVoicesNarendra modi Prime MinisterldquoCongratulations to Thiru CP Radhakrishnan Ji on winning the 2025 vicepresidential election His life has always been devoted to serving society and empowering the poor and marginalised I am confident that he will be an outstanding VP who will strengthen our Constitutional values and enhance Parliamentary discourserdquoAmit Shah Union Home MinisterCP Radhakrishnan will help the country in bringing out the best in its parliamentary democracy to serve the marginalised ldquoI extend my warmest wishes to you for your journey as the custodian of the sanctity of the Upper HouserdquoDroupadi Murmu PresidentldquoCongratulations to Shri CP Radhakrishnan on being elected as the VicePresident of India Your decades of rich experience in public life will contribute significantly to the nationrsquos progressrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday 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