{"id":267,"date":"2025-08-19T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=267"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:56:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T08:26:07","slug":"oppn-fields-ex-sc-judge-b-sudershan-reddy-as-nominee-for-vp-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/?p=267","title":{"rendered":"Oppn fields ex-SC Judge B Sudershan Reddy as nominee for VP election"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"540\" data-id=\"268\" src=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202508193485375.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202508193485375.png 449w, https:\/\/newsaxis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/202508193485375-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi, Former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy was on Tuesday declared as the united Opposition parties\u2019 candidate for the Vice-Presidential election scheduled on September 9 &#8212; an exercise described by Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge as an \u201cideological battle\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are going to file the nomination on August 21,\u201d said Kharge at a media briefing, adding that a strategy meeting of the Opposition parties will be held at the Central Hall of Parliament on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kharge said that all the Opposition members agreed that the election is like an \u201cideological battle\u201d and we must field a candidate for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing Reddy as a \u201cpro-poor and champion of economic and social cause\u201d, Kharge said he represents the values which reflect our freedom struggle and on which our Constitution and democracy are based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cToday, these values are under assault, and this is the reason that the Opposition decided to contest this ideological battle unitedly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reddy, who has practised law in Andhra Pradesh and served as the Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court, was appointed as a Supreme Court judge in January 2007 and retired in July 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is pitted against the NDA\u2019s VP candidate and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, whose candidature was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President J.P. Nadda on August 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement of the Opposition parties\u2019 VP candidate coincided with an NDA meeting during which PM Modi appealed to all MPs, including those in the Opposition, to elect Radhakrishan unanimously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice Presidential election was necessitated by the mid-term resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar, who vacated the post citing medical reasons. However, his departure has sparked widespread speculation of underlying tensions between him and the government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The VP is elected by an electoral college comprising members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. With a clear numerical advantage in Parliament, the NDA holds sufficient strength to ensure the victory of its chosen candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Vice President also serves as the ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, making the post politically significant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, Former Supreme Court Judge B. 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