C P Radhakrishnan sworn in as 15th Vice President of India

C P Radhakrishnan, the former Maharashtra governor, was sworn in as next Vice President of India on Friday by President Droupadi Murmu.

Radhakrishnan contested the V-P elections as the NDA candidate against I.N.D.I.A. bloc's B Sudershan Reddy.

On Wednesday, the Election Commission certified the election declaring Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice President of India.

Radhakrishnan, who was set to win at least 437 votes, bagged 452 votes indicating cross voting by the I.N.D.I.A. MPs. I.N.D.I.A. candidate B Sudershan Reddy lost the election by a margin of 152 votes.

The election was necessitated due to the sudden resignation of the then incumbent, Jagdeep Dhankhar, on July 21 over health issues.

Dhankhar also attended the ceremony, his first public appearance since his resignation as VP.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP president JP Nadda were among those who attended the programme.

Former vice presidents Hamid Ansari and Venkaiah Naidu were also present at the ceremony.