The decision was announced by Congress President and INDIA bloc Chairman Mallikarjun Kharge.
Published Aug 19, 2025 | 1:50 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 19, 2025 | 2:00 PM
Justice B Sudershan Reddy. (IAMC)
Synopsis: The Opposition INDIA bloc named former Supreme Court judge B Sudersahn Reddy as their nominee for the Vice Presidential election. Kharge said that Sudershan Reddy is among India’s most distinguished and progressive jurists.
Ahead of the Vice Presidential election, the Opposition INDIA bloc on Tuesday, 19 August, named former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as their nominee.
The decision was announced by Congress President and INDIA bloc Chairman Mallikarjun Kharge. Kharge said the Vice Presidential contest was an ideological battle.
“All Opposition parties have nominated Shri B. Sudershan Reddy garu as their joint candidate for the position of the Vice President of India,” he added.
Following the sudden resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar in July, the position has been declared vacant. The NDA, led by the BJP, on Sunday named veteran party leader from Tamil Nadu and incumbent Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate.
Kharge said that Justice Sudershan Reddy is among India’s most distinguished and progressive jurists.
“Shri B. Sudershan Reddy garu is one of India’s most distinguished and progressive jurists. He has had a long and eminent legal career, including as Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, Chief Justice of Guwahati High Court and Judge of the Supreme Court. He has been a consistent and courageous champion of social, economic and political justice,” Khrage wrote in a post on X.
“He reflects, fully, the values that shaped our country’s Freedom Movement so profoundly, and the values on which our country’s Constitution and Democracy have been anchored. All these values are under assault and therefore, our collective and determined resolve to fight this election,” he added.
This Vice Presidential contest is an ideological battle.
All Opposition parties have nominated Shri B. Sudershan Reddy garu as their joint candidate for the position of the Vice President of India.
Shri B. Sudershan Reddy garu is one of India’s most distinguished and… pic.twitter.com/FD98YJhJMA
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 19, 2025
Aspirants can file nominations till 21 August, which will be scrutinised on 22 August.
Candidates will be able to withdraw their applications till 25 August. The EC said if an election is necessitated, it will be held from 10 am to 5 pm on 9 September. The votes will be counted on the same day.
Justice B Sudershan Reddy was born on 8 July 1946 at Akulamailaram village in the erstwhile Ibrahimpatnam taluk (presently in Telangana) of Andhra Pradesh in an agricultural family.
He completed his early education in Hyderabad and earned his law degree from Osmania University in 1971. He began his legal career focusing on civil and constitutional matters.
On 8 August 1988, he was appointed as Government Pleader in the Andhra Pradesh High Court and later served as the Additional Standing Counsel for the Union government. In 1993, he was elected as the President of the Andhra Pradesh High Court Advocates Association and also served as the Legal Advisor to Osmania University.
On 2 May 1993, Justice Reddy was elevated to the bench as an Additional Judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court. He was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court on 5 December 2005. On 12 January 2007, he was elevated as a Supreme Court judge, where he served until his retirement on 8 July 2011.
(Edited by Muhammed Fazil.)
