• By Raju Kumar
  • Wed, 20 Aug 2025 11:35 AM (IST)
  • Source:JND

Vice President Polls: The NDA candidate for the Vice President post, CP Radhakrishnan, filed his nomination in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and other senior Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Wednesday. Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda, Kiren Rijiju and Arjun Ram Meghwal were also present at the occasion.

Radhakrishnan filed his nomination in the presence of about 20 proposers and 20 supporters. Earlier today, he paid floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament premises.

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Opposition, INDIA bloc pit former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy against Radhakrishnan in the Vice Presidential election. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced his name, calling the election for the country’s second-highest Constitutional office as an 'ideological battle'.

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Earlier today, Radhakrishnan paid floral tribute to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the Parliament premises, before the nomination.

Who Is Radhakrishnan?

Radhakrishnan is not an unknown name in the political circle. He has been a Member of Parliament and as Governor of several states before being picked for the role of Vice President of India.

He served as a Governor of Jharkhand, Telangana and Maharashtra. Before serving as the Maharashtra Governor since July 31, 2024, he had served as the Governor of Jharkhand, Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.

MP From Coimbatore Constituency

The BJP leader served as a two-time MP from Coimbatore. He was born on October 20, 1957, in Tamil Nadu's Tirrupur. He achieved a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and became the state committee member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the BJP's precursor, in 1974. Before the Jan Sangh, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). In the year 1996, Radhakrishnan was appointed as the BJP Tamil Nadu secretary, following which he was elected as a Lok Sabha member from Coimbatore in 1998 and reelected again in 1999.

(With ANI inputs)