Overview
- INDIA bloc nominee and former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy urged a public debate, saying NDA rival C. P. Radhakrishnan has stayed silent.
- Responding to Amit Shah’s charge that he sympathised with Naxalism, Reddy defended his 2011 Salwa Judum ruling and told critics to read the judgment.
- Reddy questioned the Election Commission’s functioning and cited Bihar’s Special Intensive Revision of rolls, warning such deficiencies endanger democracy.
- Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy appealed to parties in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to back Reddy, invoking Telugu representation and constitutional values.
- The YSR Congress Party confirmed its 11 MPs will vote for NDA nominee Radhakrishnan after an earlier assurance to the NDA, continuing its pattern of supporting NDA candidates in past presidential and vice‑presidential polls.