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The BJP -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has nominated Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as Vice -Presidential candidate, while the opposition party India Block has made former Supreme Court Judge B.C. Sudarshan Reddy has been nominated.
Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis called Shiv Sena (UBT) President Uddhav Thackeray and sought support for NDA Vice Presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan. Party leader Sanjay Raut gave this information on Thursday. The BJP -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has nominated Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as Vice -Presidential candidate, while the opposition party India Block has made former Supreme Court Judge B.C. Sudarshan Reddy has been nominated.
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Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha member Raut said that Rajnath Singh and Devendra Fadnavis called Uddhav Thackeray and requested him to vote in favor of Radhakrishnan. He must have done this to others as well. This is their job. However, he did not say when Thackeray was called. Radhakrishnan, veteran BJP leader of Tamil Nadu with RSS background, filed his nomination papers on Wednesday as the Vice Presidential candidate of NDA, while India Block candidate Reddy did so on Thursday.
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The move to choose Reddy as a joint candidate has made the Vice Presidential election a South vs. South. Elections for the second largest post are scheduled on 9 September. The electorate for the Vice Presidential elections consists of members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Nominated members of the upper house of Parliament are also eligible to vote. The effective number of electorates is 781 and the majority figure is 391.
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