Mattathur panchayat has 24 wards. In the recent local body elections, the LDF won 10 seats, the UDF eight, the NDA four, while two independents were elected. The LDF had fielded independent councillor K R Ouseph as its presidential candidate, while the UDF backed the other independent, Te
Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said five Maha Vikas Aghadi votes went to NDA's Vice Presidential candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan, showing a lack of unity in the INDIA bloc. He called the result a big victory and congratulated Radhakrishnan.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday claimed that many Opposition MPs had voted in favour of the NDA vice-presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan, who won the election, defeating the INDIA bloc candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday took a jibe at the Opposition's Vice Presidential candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy for meeting RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju has expressed confidence that NDA's Vice Presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan will get more votes than the strength of the ruling alliance, saying many MPs are thinking of voting for him in the election on Tuesday.
Former Supreme Court judge and INDI Alliance's Vice-Presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy held a private meeting with Lalu Prasad Yadav, who has been convicted in the fodder scam involving the embezzlement of public funds in Bihar.
Twenty leading senior advocates of India on Monday issued a joint statement expressing deep concern over B. Sudarshan Reddy, INDI Alliance's Vice-Presidential candidate and former Supreme Court Judge, holding a private meeting with Lalu Prasad Yadav, who has been convicted in the fodder scam
NDA vice presidential candidate and Maharashtra governor CP Radhakrishnan reacted to the Opposition leader B Sudershan Reddy's statement that 'everyone should vote in the national interest', on Monday.
Targeting Reddy for meeting RJD Chief Lalu Prasad, he asked, "What kind of a Retired Judge of the Supreme Court are you that you are meeting someone who is convicted of a scam? And Lalu Prasad is not even a voter and not a member of parliament, so why are you talking about praising the soul
Opposition Vice Presidential candidate B. Sudershan Reddy expressed confidence about winning the election, citing a strong public response. He declined to comment on his rival, saying it would be improper as the other candidate was also a "very respectable person."
"It was natural that the vice presidential candidate comes from South India because the President is from East India and the Prime Minister is from the West and North," Union Home Minister Shah told ANI in an interview.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin welcomed INDIA bloc Vice Presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy at an event in Chennai on Sunday and said that the former judge who fought for justice and humanity during his tenure as a judge, will respect Tamil Nadu's emotions.