Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Reddy Steps Up VP Bid With MVA, Left Support as YSRCP Confirms Votes for NDA

The opposition casts the September 9 secret ballot as a test of institutional dignity through conscience voting.

Overview

  • In Mumbai, Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar assured full Maha Vikas Aghadi support after meetings with the opposition nominee.
  • Five Left parties issued a joint appeal framing the contest as a choice to safeguard constitutional democracy and secular values.
  • In Ranchi, Hemant Soren pledged support and said MPs should vote by conscience after conferring with Reddy and INDIA bloc leaders.
  • Reddy said he has written to all MPs seeking cross‑party backing, expressed willingness to meet BJP leaders, and questioned the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
  • YSRCP chief Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy told him the party has already committed votes to NDA candidate C. P. Radhakrishnan; polling is set for September 9 with an electoral college of 781 and a majority mark of 391.