India has nominated retired Justice B Sudarshan Reddy from the Supreme Court on Tuesday for the Vice Presidential election. He will face NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan.
The 79 -year -old Reddi has been the Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court and the first Lokayukta of Goa. He hails from Andhra Pradesh. In 2007, a judge of the Supreme Court was appointed.
The special thing is that both the candidates are from South. Retired Justice Reddy is from Andhra Pradesh, while CP Radhakrishnan is from Tamil Nadu. Both will file nominations on August 21.
Voting will be held on 9 September for the Vice Presidential election. There will also be counting on the same day. The last date for filing nomination is 21 August. Candidates can be withdrawn by 25 August.
The Vice President is being elected due to Jagdeep Dhankhar’s sudden resignation on the night of 21 July. The tenure of 74 -year -old Dhankar was till 10 August 2027.
Kharge said- Opposition united to save constitution
At the press conference, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that whenever democracy and constitution are in danger, the opposition united to save it. India parties have decided to hold a common candidate, this decision has been taken unanimously. I am glad that all opposition parties have agreed to one name. This is a major achievement for democracy.
TMC MP Derek Obreon said that the Aam Aadmi Party also agrees with our decision and will soon announce its support.
The total number of MPs in the Lok Sabha is 542. One seat is vacant. NDA has 293 MPs. Similarly, there are 245 MPs in Rajya Sabha. 5 seats are vacant. The NDA has 129 MPs. Assuming that the members enrolled for the Vice President will also vote in favor of the NDA candidate.
In this way, the ruling alliance has a total support of a total of 422 members. The majority needs support from 391 MPs. In August 2022, NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar received 528 votes. At the same time, opposition candidate Margate Alva got only 182 votes. Then 56 MPs did not vote.
