When MPs convene this morning to choose India‘s 14th vice president, a duel between NDA‘s CP Radhakrishnan and the INDIA bloc’s Justice B Sudershan Reddy, it will be a day of numbers, allegiances, and subdued tension. Prime Minister Narendra Modi cast the first ballot as voting got underway inside Parliament House at ten in the morning.
He was followed by votes from Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi. Other notable leaders who cast ballots included Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, BJP President and Union Minister JP Nadda, and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. The nation will have a new vice president and chairperson of the Rajya Sabha by nightfall when voting ends at 5 p.m. and counting begins an hour later.
Fifty days have passed since Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his position on July 21 due to health concerns. His resignation, which was made in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution, became effective right away. A political test of strength between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA alliance resulted from the vacancy, which also sparked a new election for the country’s second-highest constitutional office.
Fifty days have passed since Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from his position on July 21 due to health concerns. His resignation, which was made in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution, became effective right away. A political test of strength between the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA alliance resulted from the vacancy, which also sparked a new election for the country’s second-highest constitutional office.
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