NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had extended best wishes to C.P. Radhakrishnan on securing victory in the election, while also expressing sincere gratitude to Justice Sudershan Reddy for being the united Opposition’s joint candidate. The Congress on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) extended best wishes to Vice-President-elect C.P. Radhakrishnan and recalled first Vice-President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s words in the Rajya Sabha in 1952 that a democracy is likely to “degenerate into a tyranny if it does not allow the Opposition groups to criticise fairly, freely, and frankly the policies of the government.”
The Opposition party asserted that Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan practised what he preached, both in letter and spirit.
The Congress on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) extended best wishes to Vice-President-elect C.P. Radhakrishnan and recalled first Vice-President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s words in the Rajya Sabha in 1952 that a democracy is likely to “degenerate into a tyranny if it does not allow the Opposition groups to criticise fairly, freely, and frankly the policies of the government.”
The Opposition party asserted that Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan practised what he preached, both in letter and spirit.
NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan was elected the next Vice-President of India as he bagged 452 votes against the opposition candidate B. Sudershan Reddy’s 300, winning the contest with a bigger than expected margin.
After the results for the Vice-Presidential polls were declared, the Congress on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) had said the BJP’s “arithmetical” victory in the Vice -Presidential election is both a “moral and political defeat” for the ruling party. It had asserted that the Opposition stood united in the election with “most respectable” performance.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had extended best wishes to Mr. Radhakrishnan on securing victory in the election, while also expressing sincere gratitude to Mr. Reddy for being the “united Opposition’s joint candidate” and for his spirited and principled fight. Mr. Ramesh had asserted that the Opposition stood united for the Vice-Presidential election.
“Its performance has undeniably been most respectable. Its joint candidate Justice (retd.) B. Sudershan Reddy secured 40% of the vote. In 2022, the Opposition had received 26% of the vote in the Vice-Presidential elections,” Mr. Ramesh had said on Tuesday.
“The BJP’s arithmetical victory is really both a moral and political defeat. The ideological battle continues undiminished,” Jairam had said.
