Overview

• Arriving to a grand welcome, B. Sudershan Reddy began outreach in Lucknow with meetings at Congress and Samajwadi Party offices and a joint appearance with Akhilesh Yadav.
• He told reporters he would not keep debating the Home Minister on the 2011 judgment, saying the ruling speaks for itself and that the Vice-President’s role is constitutional, not political.
• Amit Shah reiterated that the Salwa Judum verdict aided Naxalism and curtailed tribal self‑defence, a line echoed by senior BJP leaders including Ravi Shankar Prasad.
• A group of senior judges and legal figures publicly defended the 2011 Supreme Court decision, warning that mischaracterising it risks chilling judicial independence.
• Villagers from Sukma and Bastar urged MPs in an open letter to oppose Reddy, while the September 9 vote is set against NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan, with the ruling alliance holding a numerical edge.