Vice Presidential Election 2025 sees NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan face INDIA bloc’s Justice Reddy, as 12 MPs abstained from voting, adding fresh twists to the high-stakes contest.
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad criticised former SC judge Sudershan Reddy for meeting fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav, calling it “hypocrisy in extreme.” The Vice Presidential election on September 9 will see Reddy face NDA’s CP Radhakrishnan.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah slammed Justice Sudershan Reddy over the Salwa Judum judgment, alleging it ended Adivasis’ right to self-defence and protected Naxals, targeting the INDIA bloc’s Vice Presidential nominee.
Justice B Sudershan Reddy said the Salwa Judum verdict was the Supreme Court’s collective decision, not his personal stand, after Amit Shah accused him of “supporting Naxalism.” He stressed, “The judgment is not mine, the judgment is of the Supreme Court.”
Home Minister Amit Shah accused INDIA bloc’s VP nominee, Justice B Sudershan Reddy, of supporting Naxalism through his 2011 Salwa Judum judgment. He claimed the ruling weakened India’s fight against extremism.
Former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy, now the INDIA bloc’s Vice President candidate, is a distinguished jurist known for his progressive judgments and constitutional contributions in India.
Opposition INDIA bloc may move an impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after Congress accused the poll body of “large scale voter theft.” A senior leader said the move is “to underline their protest at the conduct of the CEC.”
The INDIA Bloc decides to contest the Vice-Presidential election scheduled for September 9, aiming to challenge the BJP despite lacking numbers, highlighting their constitutional and political resistance.
INDIA Bloc criticizes Supreme Court Justice Dipankar Datta’s “True Indian” remark on Rahul Gandhi’s India-China border face-off comment, calling it extraordinary, unwarranted, and undermining the Leader of Opposition.
Former Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud emphasized that judges should be careful when making public comments, referring to an Allahabad High Court judge’s statement on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). He explained that judicial restraint is important to protect the integrity of the institution. Chandrachud also revealed that in 2018, as a consultee judge, he had opposed the promotion of the same judge, Justice Yadav, due to concerns.
