While Congress is backing former Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has nominated former Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan.
"As a democratic setup, the INDIA bloc will fight the election together. We have requested a conscious vote. The INDIA bloc and all opposition parties will vote against the NDA candidate (CP Radhakrishnan)," Shivakumar told reporters here.
Speaking to reporters, Chaudhary said, "Apart from the votes of NDA MPs, other MPs will also vote in favour of NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan. Many MPs of the INDI alliance want to vote for NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan..."
While the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) seems to have a comfortable majority of 427 votes, well above the needed 391 votes, the INDIA bloc hopes for cross voting to achieve victory. Currently the INDIA bloc candidate is only backed by 354 MPs, with 249 in the Lower House and 105 in t
Speaking to reporters, Joshi said, "If Congress is making an honest call to choose wisely, then their candidate will lose with bigger numbers. If one needs to make a wise decision, they cannot be voted for. There is a grave discontent within the Congress party over their candidate...We ar
Radkhakrishan will be facing off against retired Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy, who has been named as the joint opposition candidate for the Vice President's post.
Ahead of the Vice President elections on Tuesday (September 9), opposition INDIA bloc's candidate, former Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy, on Monday evening met RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal and Azad Samaj Party President and MP Chandrasekhar Azad in Delhi to seek support.
Stage is set for Vice Presidential contest on Tuesday with NDA expressing confidence of victory of its candidate CP Radhakrishnan and opposition parties rallying in support for their candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy.
Ahead of the Vice Presidential election scheduled for September 9, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Monday said that the INDIA bloc candidate Justice (Retd.) B Sudershan Reddy is the "most qualified candidate" and expressed confidence that he would be elected as the next Vice President.