CP Radhakrishnan Takes Oath as 15th Vice President of India|ENJOY

Upgraded 12 September 2025 at 10:27 IST

PM Modi together with Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari and other dignitaries existed at the event.

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CP Radhakrishnan takes oath as India’s brand-new Vice-President|Image: ANI

CP Radhakrishnan took oath as the Vice President of India on Friday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of workplace to Radhakrishnan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari and other dignitaries existed at the event. According to a leading NDA source, the early morning of September 12 was picked for the event as the time was discovered to be “auspicious by the pandit ji,” stated the NDA source.

Ahead of the event, numerous politicians got here in Delhi to go to the occasion.

Those present in the capital consist of Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, Jharkhand Governor Santosh Gangwar, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.

Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan the NDA candidate, was chosen as the 15th Vice President of India on Tuesday, protecting 452 votes versus Opposition prospect and previous Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy, who got 300 votes. Formerly, he worked as the Governor of Maharashtra. He likewise worked as the Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024. He likewise held surcharge as the Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry in between March and July 2024. A veteran BJP leader, Radhakrishnan, was chosen to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore two times and functioned as the Tamil Nadu BJP State President.

Rajya Sabha Secretary General and Returning Officer PC Mody had actually stated that 767 out of 781 MPs cast their votes, taping a turnout of 98.2 percent. Of these, 752 tallies stood and 15 were void, decreasing the needed bulk of very first choice votes to 377.

While the NDA had the support of 427 MPs on paper, 11 legislators from the YSRCP likewise supported Radhakrishnan. Remarkably, the NDA prospect got 14 votes more than anticipated, stimulating speculation of cross-voting from the Opposition camp.

13 MPs stayed away from ballot in the election. These consist of 7 MPs from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), 4 from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), one MP from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and one Independent MP.