T he stage is set for a direct contest between NDA’s C.P. Radhakrishnan and the Opposition’s B. Sudershan Reddy for Tuesday’s (September 9, 2025) vice-presidential election , with the BJP-led alliance having a clear edge in the poll necessitated due to the sudden resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar.
Both the ruling NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc held separate meetings on Monday in the Parliament complex, a show of strength, where they educated their respective MPs about the election process and conducted mock polls, exhorting their members to vote correctly.
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Polling for the vice president election, in which members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are eligible to vote, would begin at 10 a.m. in the n