PM Modi Casts First Vote As Vice-Presidential Election Begins
Key Points
Voting commenced at 10 AM and will continue until 5 PM, with the counting of votes scheduled for 6 PM.
Members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are participating in the election, which is conducted via secret ballot.
Other prominent leaders, including Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Kiren Rijiju, also arrived early to cast their votes.
New Delhi, Sep 9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first to cast his vote today as the polling for the vice presidential election began on Tuesday.
The election marks a high-stakes contest between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee, Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan, and the Opposition INDIA bloc’s candidate, former Supreme Court judge B. Sudershan Reddy.
Voting commenced at 10 AM and will continue until 5 PM, with the counting of votes scheduled for 6 PM.
Members of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are participating in the election, which is conducted via secret ballot.
Other prominent leaders, including Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Kiren Rijiju, also arrived early to cast their votes.
The election was necessitated by the sudden resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on July 21, citing health reasons.
With the NDA holding a numerical advantage in Parliament, political observers anticipate a favourable outcome for Radhakrishnan, though the Opposition has framed the contest as an ideological battle. The results are expected to be announced later this evening.
