The NDA on Sunday declared Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential election, which received different reactions from the opposition leaders of the coalition. While some people accepted their merit, some insisted that a final decision will be taken only after internal deliberations. Talking to reporters, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said that the post of Vice President is vacant. There was a Vice President here. Where is he? A new Vice President will be elected. This is a good thing. What decision we will decide is a different matter. We will sit and decide.
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Asked about BJP leader and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh after Radhakrishnan’s candidature, he further said that Rajnath Singh ji is a senior leader. He is from Uttar Pradesh, he is the Defense Minister. If they talk, we will talk and if there is a need to talk, we will talk. But our political direction will be clear when India coalition decides. Senior SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav said that consensus will be better for constitutional posts. He said that there are some posts in the country, whether it is President, Vice President or Lok Sabha Speaker, where consensus is better. We do not know much yet, but we believe that the people of South India are competent and good.
On behalf of Shiv Sena (UBT), MP Priyanka Chaturvedi highlighted Radhakrishnan’s administrative background. He said that CP Radhakrishnan has been the Governor of Maharashtra for the last one year … He has also been the Governor of Jharkhand, has also been an MP, and I hope that if he is elected, the dignity of this post will be completely restored, because we have seen this post to be very weak … as far as the question of India coalition is concerned, India coalition will be decided together. His party’s aide Sanjay Raut agreed vigilantly and emphasized that broad political issues are still under pressure.
He said that C.P. Radhakrishnan is definitely the Governor of Maharashtra, a very balanced personality… If the Governor of Maharashtra becomes Vice President, we will be happy, but elections will be held. India alliance will take a decision, I cannot say what that decision will be … but today we will discuss it and decide. There is more serious issue than the post of Vice President in the country, the issue of vote theft, and we do not want to distract attention from it. A clear contest is expected between the NDA candidate and the India Block’s not yet announced candidate in the Vice Presidential election.
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Congress leader Manikam Tagore by NDA C.P. Criticizing Radhakrishnan as the Vice Presidential candidate, he called him another RSS man. He emphasized that after the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, another important institution has to fight to save. Tagore CP on X Commenting on making Radhakrishnan the candidate for the post of Vice President of NDA, he said, “The Vice President of India. After the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, now … another organization … another fight to save. Hopefully, India will decide.”