New Delhi: The ruling NDA on Saturday named Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential election, scheduled for September 9.
The announcement was made by BJP national president and Union Minister JP Nadda after the party’s parliamentary board meeting at its headquarters in Delhi. Nadda said the decision was taken with “unanimous support” from NDA allies and that efforts were underway to reach out to opposition parties for a consensus-backed election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and other senior leaders attended the meeting.
The Vice Presidential election has been necessitated following the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar, creating a vacancy in the country’s second-highest constitutional office.
