BJP announced on Sunday that Governor Maharashtra CP Radhakrishnan as a selection of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the upcoming vice president elections.
President BJP JP Nadda announced the nomination and said that the meeting chaired Prime Minister Nededra Modim, which after extensive negotiations decided Radhakrishnan’s name.
The vice -chairman elections, which required the resignation of the existing Jagdeep Dhankhar last month, are scheduled for 9 September. The last date for nomination for submission is 22 August.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that CP Radhakrishnan has always focused on marginalizing marginalized and distinguished by determination, humility and intellect.
Here are five facts about the vice -president candidate.
Who is CP Radhakrishnan? 5 facts to know
1. In 1957 in 1957 in Tiruppur Tamil Nadu completed the CP Radhakrishnan his studies from Chidambaram College in Coimbatore with a title in BBA.
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3. He began as RSS Swayamsevak and in 1974 he became a member of the State Executive Committee of Bharatiya Janasanggh. Between 2004 and 2007, Shri Radhakrishnan served as State President of BJP in Tamil Nadu.
4. Radhakrishhnan is Widely Travelled, Having Visited Countries Across Europe, Asia, The Middle East, and Beyond –including The USA, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Turkey, China, China, China Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Egypt, The Uae, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Japan.
5. From 2004 to 2007, CP Radhakrishnan served as State President of BJP Tamil Nadu. During his time, he led a 19,000 km long “Ratha Yatra”, who lasted 93 days, and raised problems such as interleaving Indian rivers, eradicating terrorism, implementation of the Unified Civil Code, abolition of inviolability and solving drug abuse. He also led two other Padayatras to draw attention to other public causes.
The BJP decision to nominate CP Radhakrishnan as a vice -president was announced soon after the BJP parliamentary council meeting, which took place on Sunday at the headquarters in Nový Dilli. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President of BJP JP Nadda, Interior Minister AMIT Shah and Minister of Defense Rajnath Singh.
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