NDA names Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as Vice President candidate

The parliamentary board meeting, held under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced the NDA's candidate for the Vice President election. Shri CP Radhakrishnan, currently the Governor of Maharashtra, has been named as the candidate. He previously served as the Governor of Jharkhand and held additional charge as Governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Born on October 20, 1957, in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, Shri Radhakrishnan has a public life career spanning forty years. He was a two-time elected member of the Lok Sabha and also served as the Chairman of the Coir Board, where he oversaw record exports. His work includes efforts in tuberculosis elimination. The party has contacted opposition parties for unanimous support for the Vice President election.