Justice Reddy was announced as Oppn candidate against NDA pick C.P. Radhakrishnan for the V-P polls on 9 September, with counting of votes scheduled for the same day.
Home Minister clarifies that it is natural for the V-P to be from southern India as 'the President is from East India & the Prime Minister is from the West and North'.
The former SC Judge filed his nomination papers in the presence of senior opposition leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi & Sharad Pawar among others.
Justice Reddy, who served as SC judge until his retirement in 2011, has come under harsh BJP criticism even before he & NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan formally launch their campaign.
Radhakrishnan filed his nomination with 20 proposers & 20 supporters present. Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda & Kiren Rijiju were also present.
Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.
Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
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