Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan took the oath of office as the 15th Vice President of India in a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on September 12. President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath in a formal ceremony attended by senior political leaders and dignitaries from across the national political spectrum.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi graced the ceremony and offered his felicitations to the newly sworn-in Vice President. Alongside him, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were among the Union Ministers present. Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar was also in attendance.
Radhakrishnan’s election as Vice President followed his victory in the Vice Presidential election, in which he secured 452 first-preference votes against opposition candidate B. Sudershan Reddy, who received 300 votes. The ceremony was scheduled, with invitations sent out to senior NDA leaders as well as leaders of the opposition.
Before taking the oath, Radhakrishnan was serving as the Governor of Maharashtra, a role from which he stepped down.
