PM Modi congratulates CP Radhakrishnan as NDA nominates him as Veep candidate

Name: PM Modi congratulates CP Radhakrishnan as NDA nominates him as Veep candidate
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The National Democratic Alliance has nominated CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the Vice President. Prime Minister Modi congratulated him, stating that in his long years in public life, CP Radhakrishnan has distinguished himself with his dedication, humility, and intellect, always focusing on community service and empowering the marginalized. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju have been tasked with reaching out to opposition parties, including the INDIA alliance, to seek their support. A formal approval meeting of the NDA parliamentary party is scheduled for Tuesday. The Vice Presidential election process includes training for parliamentarians on September 6, 7, and 8, with elections taking place on September 9. The NDA is confident of a victory given its numbers, while the opposition is yet to announce its candidate.

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00:00All right. Meanwhile, you have the Prime Minister that has come up and congratulated C.P. Radhakrishnan.

00:06Prime Minister Modi has just tweeted out on the social media platform X saying,

00:11in his long years in public life, Thiru, which is brother, C.P. Radhakrishnan ji,

00:16has distinguished himself with his dedication, humility and intellect.

00:20During the various positions he has held, he has always focused on community service

00:24and empowering the marginalized.

00:26He has done extensive work at a grassroots level in Tamil Nadu.

00:32I am glad that the NDA family has decided to nominate him to the chair

00:36of the vice presidential candidate of our alliance.

00:41All right. Let's cut across to Piyush Mishra, who's joining us.

00:44Piyush, what's the latest update?

00:45Rajunath Singh, Kiran Rajijo, given the job of reaching out to opposition parties,

00:50including the whole India alliance.

00:51On the other hand, Tuesday is the NDA parliamentary meet to put the formal seal of approval

00:57on C.P. Radhakrishnan as the next vice president of the country.

01:04Give us the latest.

01:05Well, absolutely, Preeti, but we are now learning from our sources is that

01:10the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and the Defence Minister Rajunath Singh

01:14both have been now the given responsibility by BJP to talk to the opposition political parties.

01:21Rajunath Singh will be speaking to various opposition political parties

01:24and will be communicating them about the trials of NDA and would be seeking their support.

01:29It remains to be seen as to how the opposition is going to react to this big announcement

01:33coming in from the NDA.

01:35After this, you know, communication is given to opposition political parties,

01:40then we will see Kiran Rajijo coordinating with all the political parties,

01:45irrespective of the bloc they belong to.

01:47Kiran Rajijo from NDA also, from India bloc also,

01:50we will see Kiran Rajijo in touch with the leaders of various political parties

01:54and informing them about the next process.

01:57And like we know that on 6th, 7th and 8th of September,

02:00there's a training also which is scheduled of all the parliamentarians in the parliament

02:05where they will be told how to take part in this electoral process,

02:09what to do, what kind of formalities have to be followed.

02:12And after that, on 9th, we will see the elections also are taking place.

02:16So there's a process which the government is following.

02:20And on Tuesday, there's a meeting of NDA parliamentary party.

02:23And in this meeting, we will see the top leaders of NDA sitting there

02:27in the parliamentary library building of old parliament.

02:31And there we can also expect C.P. Radhakrishnan to be present.

02:35And he will also be felicitated.

02:38That's what we are learning right now.

02:40It remains to be seen how the entire things are followed.

02:43But this week is going to be a very important week

02:45where a lot of discussions will take place in parliament.

02:49And in the formal approval of NDA's parliamentary party meet,

02:53we will also see all NDA allies to give and also welcome C.P. Radhakrishnan.

03:00We have already seen various leaders coming out and are putting out their posts

03:03to congratulating C.P. Radhakrishnan to be the next vice presidential candidate.

03:08And like we know that numbers are in favour of NDA.

03:12So it will be a cakewalk for C.P. Radhakrishnan when the elections take place.

03:17And most likely he is also going to have an edge when the elections results are announced.

03:23So there are a few processes which are to be followed.

03:26All right, Piyush, getting us the very latest coming in.

03:34Right now, yes, it's going to be a cakewalk, but optics matter.

03:37And what will now the India Alliance do to match the optics at least

03:42of facing off and squaring off their candidate,

03:46which they are yet to announce against C.P. Radhakrishnan.

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