The stage is now set for a direct contest between NDA candidate Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan and opposition bloc candidate former Supreme Court judge B Sudarshan Reddy for the Vice President election scheduled for September 9. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has been assigned the task to contact Opposition leaders to agree on Radhakrishnan’s candidature, but on Tuesday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge announced that the opposition bloc has “unanimously” agreed on the name of former SC judge B. Sudarshan Reddy.
