"Fight is not about winning or losing but standing up for convictions," says Shashi Tharoor after Sudershan Reddy's defeat in VP polls

New Delhi [India], September 10 (ANI): After the INDIA bloc nominee Justice B Sudershan Reddy lost in the Vice Presidential elections on Tuesday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor shared a heartfelt post for Sudershan Reddy on social media.
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday shared a heartfelt message for INDIA bloc nominee Justice B Sudershan Reddy after he lost in the vice presidential elections.
In a post shared on X, Tharoor said, "Sometimes the fight is not about winning or losing but about standing up for your convictions. Pranaams. Sudershan Reddy ji."
According to the results, Radhakrishnan secured 452 first preference votes, while Justice Reddy received 300. Fifteen votes were declared invalid.

"NDA nominee and Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes. He has been elected as the Vice President of India... Opposition's vice-presidential candidate Justice Sudershan Reddy secured 300 first preference votes," Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, PC Mody said in his press conference.
A total of 13 MPs abstained from voting. The list included seven MPs from Biju Janata Dal, four from Bharath Rashtra Samithi, one MP from Shiromani Akali Dal and one independent MP.
The post of Vice President had remained vacant since July 21, 2025, after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned, citing health reasons.
Radhakrishnan, who had been serving as the 24th Governor of Maharashtra since July 31, 2024, was named as the NDA's vice presidential candidate last month. Before that, he served as Governor of Jharkhand from February 2023 to July 2024.
He also held additional charges as Governor of Telangana and as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry between March and July 2024. Earlier in his career, Radhakrishnan had been a two-time MP from Coimbatore.
Born on October 20, 1957, in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu, Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan has held multiple constitutional roles across states before being elected as the Vice President of India. (ANI)