The Congress party dismissed the victory of National Democratic Alliance candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan in the vice presidential election as merely arithmetic. INDIA bloc candidate, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, gained 40 per cent votes, Congress said.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X, "The Opposition stood united for the vice presidential election. Its performance has undeniably been most respectable. Its joint candidate Justice (retd) B. Sudershan Reddy secured 40% of the vote."
NDA candidate Radhakrishnan won the vice president election, gaining 452 votes. Hailing from Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan is currently serving as the governor of Maharashtra.
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Claiming the Opposition candidate's performance this time was better than 2022 vice president election results, Ramesh said, "In 2022, the Opposition had received 26% of the vote in the vice presidential elections. The BJP's arithmetical victory is really both a moral and political defeat. The ideological battle continues undiminished."
Earlier, Ramesh said the Opposition fought the election united. He added all 315 MPs from Opposition voted in the election. "The Opposition has stood united. All of its 315 MPs have turned up for voting. This is an unprecedented 100% turnout," Ramesh tweeted.
