On Sunday (August 17, 2025), BJP -led NDA, Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan has been declared the party’s candidate. The name came out after the BJP’s Parliamentary Board meeting, which was approved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Amit Shah.

CP Radhakrishnan (Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan) received the post of Governor of Maharashtra on 31 July 2024. According to the website of Maharashtra Raj Bhavan, before Maharashtra, CP Radhakrishnan served as the Governor of Jharkhand. Within the first four months of being appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand in 2023, CP Radhakrishnan visited all 24 districts of the state and interacted with citizens and district officials.

BJP has served as state president

Before becoming the Governor of Jharkhand, he worked as BJP state president in Tamil Nadu from 2004 to 2007. During his service as Tamil Nadu BJP President, between 2004 and 2007, CP Radhakrishnan did a 19,000 km ‘Rath Yatra’, which lasted for 93 days.

The yatra was organized on its demands like connecting Indian rivers, abolition of terrorism, implementing uniform civil code, prevention of untouchability and dealing with drug threats. At the same time, he led two more padyatras on many issues. Shri Radhakrishnan is a respected name in Tamil Nadu politics and public life.

CP Radhakrishnan also associated with RSS

In 1996, CP Radhakrishnan was appointed as Secretary of Tamil Nadu BJP. In 1998, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore for the first time. In 1999, he was again elected to the Lok Sabha. Born in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan has graduated in Business Administration. According to the information, he has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was also a member of the State Executive of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1974.

Apart from politics, also amazing in sports world

According to the website, apart from his political journey, CP Radhakrishnan has also registered a name in the sports world. Radhakrishnan was also a college champion and long -range runner at table tennis. He is also fond of cricket and volleyball. CP Radhakrishnan has also been a member of the parliamentary special committee investigating the stock exchange scam.

Explain that amidst speculation of the party candidate, the Election Commission had announced that elections for the post of Vice President will be held on 9 September. According to the information issued by the Election Commission, the last date for filing nomination is 21 August and the documents will be examined on 22 August.

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The sudden resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar late on Monday (July 21, 2025) has created a stir in the country’s politics. His decision surprised everyone on the very first day of the monsoon session of Parliament. He submitted his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu, citing health reasons and medical advice, which was accepted. Now the process of election of the new Vice President will start soon and the NDA alliance can declare its candidate soon.

Who is now after Dhankar?

74 -year -old Jagdeep Dhankhar was sworn in as the 14th Vice President of the country in August 2022. He worked as the Chairman of Rajya Sabha for three years and now he left the post while remaining more than two years. Now political discussions have intensified about who will sit on this important constitutional post.

The announcement of the new Vice Presidential candidate from the BJP -led NDA alliance is likely to be announced soon. The strongest name in this race is believed to be of Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha. He is a Rajya Sabha MP of Janata Dal (United) and has been working as Deputy Chairman since 2020. Harivansh Singh is considered a close and reliable face of the central government.

What are the other possible names?

The BJP can also make the current governor of a state a candidate. Like Dhankar was the Governor of West Bengal. Also, the name of experienced Union Minister or top organizational leader of the party can also be revealed. According to party sources, the leadership has many options and churning is going on with the name.

Last vice -presidents ties with BJP

Before Dhankhar, M. Venkaiah Naidu was the Vice President and he was also a senior BJP leader. Given the previous trends, it is believed that this time also the NDA will bring out a face that is organizationally strong and skilled in the House operations.

Nitish Kumar’s name is also in the discussion?

Here in Patna, when the media sought a response to the discussion of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar being in the race for the post of Vice President, Bihar government minister Neeraj Kumar Singh Bablu said, “This is a good thing. What is the problem in this?” However, so far there has been no formal response from JDU or Nitish Kumar.

Disclaimer: Potential names for the post of Vice President are based on political discussions and media reports. ABP does not claim them.

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