All eyes are on the vice-presidential election, voting for which is under way, with ruling NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan and opposition INDIA bloc candidate B Sudarshan Reddy — both from southern India — in a direct contest for the second highest constitutional office of the country.
The election was necessitated after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice-President on July 21, citing health reasons. Dhankhar had two years of his five-year tenure left when he, in a sudden turn of events, put in his papers. The elected Vice-President will get a full five-year term.
PM Modi, accompanied by Union Ministers Kiren Rijiju, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Jitendra Singh and L Murugan, cast his vote in the polling booth set up in Room No. 101 Vasudha in Parliament building.
Among the early voters were Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Meghwal, Pralhad Joshi, Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Harivansh, former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav, Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh and Nasser Hussain.
The 92-year-old Gowda arrived at the polling booth in a wheel chair. Union minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge were seen walking hand in hand to the polling booth. (With inputs from PTI)
September 9, 2025 3:37 pm
Nearly 96 per cent of voting for the Vice president election was completed till 3 pm, a top official told PTI. Members of both Houses of Parliament are eligible to cast their votes in the Parliament House between 10 am and 5 pm. Counting will begin at 6 pm, and the results will be announced late evening.
September 9, 2025 1:35 pm
Union Ministers and senior BJP senior leaders Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kiren Rijiju cast their votes in the Parliament to elect the 15th Vice President of India. Union Health Minister JP Nadda also cast his ballot. Union Minister Chirag Paswan also participated in the voting.
September 9, 2025 12:34 pm
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, flanked by senior BJP leaders, cast his vote in the vice-presidential election in the Parliament House.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi | Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.
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September 9, 2025 12:30 pm
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the BJP of being a "use-and-throw" party with their leaders, claiming they allegedly did the "same thing" with "missing" former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar. ANI
September 9, 2025 11:36 am
Soon after casting his vote, Modi proceeded for the Delhi airport for his onward journey to Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, where he will conduct an aerial survey of flood- and landslide-affected areas. The Prime Minister will also meet affected families and interact with relief and rescue personnel.
September 9, 2025 11:36 am
— ANI (@ANI) September 9, 2025https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi | Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.
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https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi: Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives at the Parliament House to cast her vote for the Vice Presidential election.
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https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi | Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrives at the Parliament House to cast her vote for the Vice Presidential election.
(Source: Sansad TV) pic.twitter.com/T63dJCvDxEhttps://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Delhi | Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.
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September 9, 2025 11:29 am
September 9, 2025 10:36 am
Independent MPs Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa and Amritpal Singh will boycott the vice presidential election. ANI
September 9, 2025 10:34 am
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Vice President election | INDIA bloc’s nominee and former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy says, "...I am very confident. We are going to win...I am only trying to awaken people's conscience. I did not say that there would be cross-voting. I don't know what… pic.twitter.com/IW3PsKPnC4
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September 9, 2025 10:25 am
Among the early voters were Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arjun Ram Meghwal and Kiren Rijiju. Rajya Sabha deputy chairperson Harivansh, BJP MP Kangana Ranaut and SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav were among others who came to cast their vote for the vice-presidential election.
September 9, 2025 10:09 am
PM Narendra Modi arrived at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the vice-presidential election.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a> | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament House to cast his vote for the Vice Presidential election.
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Voting for the post of Vice President to begin shortly. NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan faces the Opposition INDIA bloc’s nominee… pic.twitter.com/e1xV7AlHD1
September 9, 2025 9:54 am
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The Congress on Tuesday attacked YSRCP president Jagan Mohan Reddy for supporting NDA nominee Radhakrishnan and accused him of betrayal for not standing with democratic forces. In a post on X, Congress leader Manickam Tagore said the people of Andhra Pradesh will not forget his "betrayal" by choosing to support an RSS candidate out of "fear" of CBI cases over the interests of Andhra Pradesh. PTI
September 9, 2025 9:38 am
As the stage is set for the vice-presidential election, NDA's candidate CP Radhakrishnan has an edge with 427 MPs, well above the majority mark of 391, supporting him for the post. A BJP leader had said that the NDA candidate is expected to garner at least 427 votes. In the Lok Sabha, Radhakrishnan is expected to receive 293 votes and 134 votes are likely to be cast in his favour in the Rajya Sabha. The Opposition's candidate, Justice B. Sudershan Reddy, is backed by 354 MPs, with 249 in the Lower House and 105 in the Upper House of the Parliament. Currently, the Parliament comprises 781 members, including 542 in the Lok Sabha with one seat vacant and 239 in the Rajya Sabha with five seats vacant. ANI
September 9, 2025 9:34 am
Ahead of the Vice-President elections, B Sudershan Reddy, on Monday evening met RLP MP Hanuman Beniwal and Azad Samaj Party President and MP Chandrasekhar Azad in Delhi to seek support. Thanking Beniwal, Reddy called it a "memorable moment" in his campaign. "I express gratitude to Hanuman Beniwal for supporting me... This is a memorable moment in my life, when one of the tall leaders of our country came to extend his support..." Reddy said. ANI
September 9, 2025 9:14 am
Hours before the voting begins for the Vice-President election, NDA's candidate and Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan arrived at Shree Ram Mandir in Delhi's Lodhi Road area to offer prayers this morning. ANI
September 9, 2025 8:50 am
The voting for the election will begin at 10 am on Tuesday and conclude at 5 pm. The counting of votes will begin at 6 pm the same day.
September 9, 2025 8:50 am
Former Supreme Court judge B Sudarshan Reddy is the INDIA bloc candidate for the election. Reddy (79) retired from the Supreme Court in July 2011, and is a jurist known for several landmark judgments criticising the then Union Government for showing slackness in probing black money cases. He had also declared Salwa Judum, formed by the Chhattisgarh Government to fight Naxals, as unconstitutional.
September 9, 2025 8:46 am
The NDA candidate for the vice-presidential poll is Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan, an OBC from the Goundar-Kongu Vellalar community. The 68-year-old BJP leader, an RSS ideologue, is known in the party as a soft-spoken, non-controversial figure, who is also the only BJP leader from Tamil Nadu to have been elected to the Lok Sabha twice in 1998 and 1999.
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