New Delhi:
Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan – the ruling BJP’s vice-presidential pick – eased to victory Tuesday, scooping 452 of 752 valid votes cast by MPs from both Houses earlier today.
His rival – retired Supreme Court judge Justice B Sudershan Reddy, who was backed by the opposition, the Congress-led INDIA bloc – managed only 300 votes.
That Mr Radhakrishnan would win was never in doubt; the number of BJP MPs (who rarely break party lines when voting in Parliament) boosted by that from the party-led NDA alone guaranteed his triumph.
The BJP-led Natoinal Democratic Alliance has 427 MPs across the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, well above the majority mark of 377, which was calculated after excluding 15 invalid votes from 767 that were cast.
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