Vice President Election: Stage Set For High-Stakes Polls, PM Modi To Cast His Vote At 10 AM
The stage is set for a direct contest between NDA's CP Radhakrishnan and Opposition's B Sudershan Reddy for the vice-presidential election today, with the BJP-led alliance having a clear edge. The voting will begin at 10 am and will continue till 5 pm. The counting of votes will begin after 6 pm, and the results will be declared later in the evening.
Both the candidates hail from southern India, with Mr Radhakrishnan from Tamil Nadu and Mr Reddy from Telangana.
The Vice Presidential election was necessitated after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the position on July 21, citing health reasons.
