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Opposition's VP candidate files nomination
Gulf Today
|August 22, 2025
The Opposition INDIA bloc’s Vice Presidential candidate and former Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) B. Sudershan Reddy filed his nomination papers in the presence of top Opposition leaders on Thursday.
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Justice Reddy has been fielded against the NDA’s nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan, the incumbent Governor of Maharashtra and a veteran BJP leader from Tamil Nadu.
The election for the Vice President's post will be held on Sept.9.
The filing of nominations turned into a show of unity for the INDIA bloc, with Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar, DMK leaders, and representatives of other parties standing by Reddy.
This story is from the August 22, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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