Exclusive: Sudershan Reddy expresses confidence in winning election

4 months ago

In an exclusive interview with India Today, B Sudershan Reddy, INDIA bloc’s Vice-Presidential candidate, discussed his decision to contest the upcoming election. He revealed that the Congress proposed his candidature, giving him only a few hours to decide.

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00:00and first of details coming in of how india bloc vice president candidate b sudarshan reddy

00:11has been criticized by home minister amit shah this is an exclusive coming in after he was

00:18slammed by home minister amit shah where the india bloc vice president picks for rise of

00:24nazism in india is what was said by the union home minister b sudarshan ready has responded

00:29to that criticism by amit shah so darshan ready has clarified that the judgment was delivered by

00:35the supreme court and not by him personally listen in to that exclusive conversation

00:39i'll begin this interview with a very straightforward question sir what prompt you to take

00:49this this battle or this contest because everybody is saying that numbers the verdict is already out

00:55as they say i don't think there is uh such a huge massive difference of votes between

01:04uh the opposition and uh nda the margin is very very thin and uh one after the other political parties

01:17and uh independent members are extending their support for my candidature who knows what is

01:26going to happen in another five six days and i have never applied my mind to the you are right

01:33to that extent numbers uh when this indication was given to me i must be fair and i i should not

01:45concede the idea came from the congress okay i said i require some time then they said only a few hours

01:58they said uh if i am going to be the candidate of opposition

02:04opposition i will accept the opposition i will accept the offer for the simple reason

02:13the opposition as such in this country represent about 66 or 67 percent of the population

02:23that means i am a candidate sponsored by majority of the population of this country

02:34therefore what is this numbers you are talking about so what is the uh what is the appeal

02:41for your electoral college how are you going to convince them uh to what okay constitution of india

02:54first time i was sworn in

02:56in the year 1971 when i entered the bar many of our friends including friends in media are not aware

03:11that oath administer is administered even to a lawyer in the name of the constitution when they enter the bar

03:20there after i became the government leader during ntr regime

03:31and once again the oath was administered to me

03:35then i became a judge once again the oath was administered

03:41i became the chief justice of northeastern i quote

03:43both on the constitution and finally as a judge in the supreme court therefore my journey with the

03:53constitution has begun 1971 and uninterruptedly it continues

04:02and the present office for which i hope i will be elected also part of the same journey

04:14because i don't believe that office of the vice president is

04:18the political institution it's a high constitutional office there is nothing political about

04:25absolutely but do you also firmly hold this you remember what mr vinka and i do the previous vice president

04:34did essentially a political animal

04:40he also comes from the same background as that of my friend sriman radha krishnanji

04:49the day he sat in the chair he said i am no more a member of any political party

04:55that is the nature of that office

04:59that tradition is to be kept and maintained

05:03so you think that it was not maintained during the tenure of the former

05:09i am nobody to comment about what the previous vice president did or did not

05:16i will not comment okay so you also firmly believe in this uh you know

05:20uh in this notion that this this battle or this contest is essentially to save the idea of india

05:27as many of your supporters uh idea of india idea of constitution

05:33uh ours is a multilingual multi-cultural multi-religious nation

05:43unique in the whole world

05:46and but for the value of fraternity

05:56enshrined in the preamble

06:01there is no meaning of multilingualism multiculturalism and multi-religious

06:06unity and maybe you are aware

06:12objects resolution was moved first by pandiji

06:17more or less same

06:18the preamble the preamble in which fraternity was absent

06:25baba sahih brought it into the constitution the preamble the fraternity

06:28state it is linked to dignity

06:37that means recognition

06:41that means empowerment

06:47so as far as i am concerned i am committed to all those values

06:52so mr chandra babu naidu has pledged support to and he is a candidate

06:59he is saying that this is not about

07:02i won't speak for sri chandra babu naiduji he is a visionary leader

07:07one of our tallest leaders in the country

07:11and he knows what to do and at what point of time

07:16i am sure he will take

07:18an appropriate decision in the national interest

07:27he did it previously on many occasions

07:32he gave many twists and turns

07:36on the horizon of indian political scene

07:43i am nothing before his political skills

07:45who am i one last question sir

07:49so there are many political parties

07:51which are not part of either nda or india bloc

07:55namely brs bjd

07:58so how are you going to reach out to them

08:04friends like rabbi and others

08:06they are talking and some of them are directly talking to me

08:20some of them are offering their support in their own way

08:24and i want don't ask me further i don't expand that

08:36everybody is talking to me

08:41the reason is simple because i don't belong to any political party

08:45and i talk to everyone

09:00i enjoy talking to everyone

09:03as i am enjoying my conversation with you

09:05thank you sir same

09:06thank you so much

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