Counting of votes in the vice-presidential election began at 6 p.m. on Tuesday (September 9, 2025) after over 98% of MPs exercised their franchise in the contest between NDA nominee C.P. Radhakrishnan and joint opposition candidate B. Sudershan Reddy.
Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, in his 35-month-long tenure, travelled abroad only four times for bilateral visits, and his office often had complained to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) over protocol issues
The Congress on Tuesday (July 22, 2025) claimed that there are “far deeper reasons” for Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation as the Vice-President than the health reasons cited by him, and said his resignation speaks highly of him but poorly of those who got him elected to the post.
