THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, August 19: Former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy will be the opposition alliance’s candidate for the post of Vice President, the INDIA bloc announced on Tuesday. Reddy served as a judge of the Supreme Court from 2007 to 2011.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, while making the announcement, said that the Vice Presidential election is an ideological battle.
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“This vice-presidential contest is an ideological battle, and all the opposition parties agreed on this, and this is the reason we have nominated B Sudershan Reddy as the joint candidate”, Kharge said.
Reddy will face NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan in the election. The BJP has nominated Radhakrishnan, who hails from Tamil Nadu, in what is seen as an attempt to consolidate its position in southern politics.
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Political observers noted that Congress did not want to be left behind in this contest, and therefore chose a candidate from Telangana’s Reddy community.
