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Reddy Courts Cross-Party Support in Mumbai as Left Backs Him for Vice President

The INDIA bloc casts his non-partisan bid as a stand for institutional dignity against the NDA’s numerical edge.

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B Sudarshan Reddy addressed a press conference along with state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal and Congress MP Varsha Gaikwad (Bhushan Koyande/HT Photo)

Overview

  • B. Sudarshan Reddy met Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree and Sharad Pawar in Mumbai, with Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders pledging full support and expressing hope for cross-votes.
  • Five Left parties issued a joint appeal endorsing Reddy, calling the contest a fight to safeguard syncretic culture and constitutional democracy.
  • Reddy said he will send individual letters to all MPs, including those in the NDA, emphasizing that he is not affiliated with any party and pledging to protect the Constitution.
  • A group representing victims of Naxal violence, the Bastar Shanti Samiti, urged MPs to oppose Reddy, citing his 2011 Supreme Court ruling halting Salwa Judum.
  • Sharad Pawar questioned NDA nominee C. P. Radhakrishnan’s record by citing Hemant Soren’s arrest inside Jharkhand Raj Bhavan, while polling remains set for September 9 with 781 electors and a 391 majority mark.