Overview

• Home Minister Amit Shah renewed attacks over the 2011 Nandini Sundar ruling disbanding Salwa Judum, saying the verdict weakened the anti-Naxal fight and accusing Justice B. Sudershan Reddy of supporting Naxalism.
• Reddy said he would not "join issue with the mighty Home Minister," argued the judgment "is eloquent enough," and questioned why it is being raised 14 years later.
• The opposition nominee frames the September 9 vice-presidential election as an ideological contest, calling himself a liberal constitutional democrat and non-partisan.
• Citing "near-anarchy" in Parliament and a democratic deficit, he promises to preside impartially, is writing to all 720 MPs, and has engaged INDIA bloc parties with Arvind Kejriwal declaring support.
• A Telangana Today editorial defended Reddy’s integrity and noted the Supreme Court had declared Salwa Judum unconstitutional after reports of abuses by the militia of tribal youth.