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.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday congratulated NDA nominee C P Radhakrishnan on being elected Vice President of India and hoped that he will work by taking both the ruling party and the opposition along.
The oath-taking ceremony of Vice President-elect Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan is scheduled for the morning of September 12, Friday, at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath of office.
Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary said NDA's victory in the Vice Presidential election reflected political diplomacy, claiming even Opposition votes went to C.P. Radhakrishnan. He said this showed acceptance of Prime Minister Modi's leadership, even among the INDIA alliance members.
VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan congratulated C P Radhakrishnan on his Vice Presidential victory, underscoring INDIA bloc unity in supporting Sudershan Reddy.
BRS Working President K.T. Rama Rao strongly countered Congress leader Jairam Ramesh's remarks over political alignments in the Vice-Presidential election, saying the Congress party's arrogance and sense of entitlement have been its undoing in national politics.
Recalling the time when CP Radhakrishnan was born, his mother Janaki Ammal said that she had named his son after the former President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Deepak Prakash on Wednesday said that the extra votes polled in favour of NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan in the recently concluded Vice Presidential election indicate that several opposition MPs support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and vision.
"It is common to fight (elections) in a democracy. Our main target is to save the constitution and safeguard democracy. The land where people like Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel were born and attained freedom for the country - these two are highly honourable for us. The country is u