Overview

• Sudarshan Reddy campaigned in Patna and Guwahati, arguing the Vice President’s office is a high constitutional post requiring impartiality and judicial-like conduct.
• Reddy wrote to MPs across parties urging support on ideological grounds and excluded the Prime Minister and Union ministers from his outreach.
• AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi announced support for Reddy, joining earlier expressions of backing from AAP and some independents.
• More than 100 civil society figures and intellectuals issued public appeals asking MPs to rise above party lines and support Reddy to safeguard democratic institutions.
• The opposition scheduled a Sept. 8 mock poll for its MPs ahead of the Sept. 9 secret ballot, as the NDA fields C.P. Radhakrishnan and retains a numerical edge with allies such as YSRCP on board.