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Opposition VP Pick Reddy Wins MVA, Left Support as Outreach Expands to Jharkhand

With the NDA favored in the Sept. 9 vote, the former Supreme Court judge is courting conscience votes across parties to frame the contest as a defence of constitutional norms.

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INDIA bloc Vice-Presidential nominee, former Supreme Court Judge B. Sudershan Reddy.
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Overview

  • He met Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree and Sharad Pawar at Silver Oak in Mumbai on Aug. 29, securing public backing from the Maha Vikas Aghadi.
  • Arriving in Ranchi on Aug. 30, he planned meetings with Chief Minister Hemant Soren and INDIA bloc leaders as part of his nationwide outreach.
  • Five Left parties issued a joint endorsement, calling the contest a fight to safeguard India’s syncretic culture and constitutional democracy.
  • He said he will send individual letters to all MPs, including those in the NDA, and signaled readiness to meet BJP leaders to seek votes on merit.
  • Pushback intensified as Bastar Shanti Samiti urged MPs to oppose him over his 2011 Salwa Judum ruling, while Sharad Pawar questioned NDA nominee C. P. Radhakrishnan’s record citing Hemant Soren’s arrest inside Raj Bhavan.