NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi for the post of Governor of Maharashtra and Vice President. Earlier, CP Radhakrishnan reached Delhi Airport. He was welcomed by Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Prahlad Joshi, Bhupendra Yadav, Kinjrapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and others. On Sunday, BJP national president JP Nadda declared Radhakrishnan a candidate for the Vice Presidential election, for which elections are to be held on 9 September. The party’s parliamentary board, after discussing with its coalition partners and opposition party, decided unanimously to ensure the Vice Presidential election smoothly.
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Chandrapuram Ponusamy Radhakrishnan is currently working as the 24th Governor of Maharashtra since 31 July 2024. Earlier, he served as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024. He also took over the additional charge of Telangana Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry between March and July 2024. Senior BJP leader Radhakrishnan was elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Coimbatore and has also been the state president of Tamil Nadu BJP.
Congress has CP by NDA Criticizing Radhakrishnan as the Vice Presidential candidate, he described him as “another RSS man”. The tenure of the Vice President is five years, however, on July 21, the post became vacant after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned, citing health reasons on the first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. The Vice President is elected by an electorate, which consists of MPs of both houses of Parliament.
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The election of the Vice President is ruled by the provisions of Articles 64 and 68 of the Constitution. The Election Commission issues notification of the Vice President elections as per the President and Vice President Elections Act, 1952. According to Article 66 (1) of the Indian Constitution, the Vice President will be elected through a single transitional vote according to the proportional representation system and voting in such elections will be held by secret voting.