C.P. Radhakrishnan becomes the 15th Vice President of India

On 9 September 2025, C.P. Radhakrishnan was elected as the 15th Vice President of India. He defeated the opposition’s candidate, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudarshan Reddy, by a margin of 152 votes. Out of a total of 767 Members of Parliament, 752 votes were valid, with Radhakrishnan securing 452 and Reddy 300. The election was held following the resignation of former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar due to health reasons. Born on 20 October 1957 in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan began his political career with the RSS and Jan Sangh and was elected as a Member of Parliament from Coimbatore in 1998 and 1999. He has also served as the BJP’s Tamil Nadu state president, a member of several parliamentary committees, and as the Governor of Jharkhand, Telangana, Puducherry, and Maharashtra.