India Block Vice President candidate B Sudarsen Reddy said on Wednesday that he is happy about his nomination and does not see the pole as ‘Radhakrishnan vs Reddy’.
Sudarson Reddy told Annie, “I am happy about my enrollment. If it was an unpleasant, why would I take this journey forward and move forward?”
Apart from this, he said that the Vice Presidential election is not ‘Radhakrishnan vs Reddy’ competition and there is scope for party whip in the elections.
“This is not Radhakrishnan vs Reddy. I don’t think Radhakrishnan also considers it as ‘Reddy vs Radhakrishnan’. Currently, there are two candidates. We do not know that tomorrow you can be the third candidate. It is not a general election, in this way, any Vice Prommplant, any Vice Prommplant, who can be chosen for the man.
Addressing the “conceptual fight” comments of Congress chief Mallikrajun Kharge, he said that India blocks and NDA represent two separate ideologies.
He said, “What is wrong with this? If not NDA, the major political party in India represents a special ideology. Nothing is new. It is not hidden. Kharge believes in a completely different ideology, so they made this statement. What is wrong with that statement?”
Earlier on Tuesday, Mallikrajun Kharge declared Reddy as the candidate of India Block for the VP elections. In an X post, Kharge said, “This is an ideological battle for the post of Vice Presidential President. All opposition parties have nominated Mr. B. Sudarsen Reddy Garu as their joint candidate for the post of Vice President of India.”
Rahul Gandhi also said that the opposition is united in this “ideological fight”.
“I warmly congratulate B. Sudarsen Reddy Garu for being enrolled as a joint opposition candidate for the vice -president of India. A eminent jurist and champion of justice, he represents the spirit of our Constitution – he is united in this ideological battle and we all do very well, protecting people’s rights, equality and our democracy.
Meanwhile, Kharge said that Reddy would file his nomination on 21 August.
Justice B. Sudarson Reddy, who served as the Chief Justice of the Guwahati High Court before he was elevated in the Supreme Court in 2007, retired in July 2011. He will contest against NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan.
The Vice-Presidential election is scheduled for September 9, with counting on the same day.
