The Opposition IDIA alliance has tried to play a master stroke by declaring former Supreme Court Judge B Sudarshan Reddy as its candidate in the Vice Presidential election. Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh said that the coalition unanimously decided his name. They are expecting that at least they will get the vote of the parties of India alliance. Along with this, bets are also being played about Andhra parties that they should also get support. But the question arises whether this is possible? The second question is that when the opposition knew that it is symbolic to field a candidate in the election, then why did not any other candidate stand? B Sudarshan Reddy is not a political name. It is obvious that no political message in his name is going to go among the common people.
Sudarshan Reddy will compete with CP Radhakrishnan, candidate of NDA alliance. Both candidates will file their nomination on August 21. The Congress spokesperson said that all the parties have finalized the name of Sudarshan Reddy with consent. Let us see what the India alliance will be able to achieve by extending Sudarshan Reddy’s name.
Delay in declaring Sudarshan Reddy’s name
The India alliance hopes that he can also get the support of TDP leader Chandra Babu Naidu in the name of State Pride. Along with this, the opposition feels that YSRCP Congress and BRS may also be forced to support Sudarshan Reddy. It is worth noting that so far these three parties have announced their support to NDA candidates CP Radhakrishnan. And even after the hope of India faction candidate Justice Reddy, he maintains his decision. That is, the Telugu card of India faction has not been able to run.
As has been happening earlier, the Congress has been delaying in declaring its candidates in every election. Due to the delay of Congress in the Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party raised its candidates in UP. Due to which the message was sent to the common people that something is going on between the two parties in the inside.
If the name of B Sudarshan Reddy had been announced before the NDA candidate was announced in the Vice Presidential election too, then the India alliance would have gained an edge over the NDA. Because once the decision is taken, it is a difficult task for anyone to change it. Anyway, when there is a message that the NDA candidate is to win.
Just as the NDA made CP Radhakrishnan its candidate keeping in mind the parties of South India and had already gained the support of parties like TDP, YRSCP and BRS, similarly the India alliance would have shown a little fast, it would have been that the three political parties would have been seen in support of Sudarshan Reddy.
No political message is going among the public in the name of Reddy
Although Sudarshan Reddy’s candidature from the opposition, although the unity of the alliance reflects the unity of the alliance, it appears weak in terms of political message. Reddy is bright. In such a situation, he seems to be miss fit in the agenda of Dalit-OBC politics of opposition. At the same time, CP Radhakrishnan’s hope is being promoted by BJP and NDA as OBC, Kisan Parivar and Representative of South India.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge described Reddy as prestigious and progressive jurists, who support the Constitution and the rights of the poor. But this decision taken under pressure takes place. It is being said that Reddy was elected to meet the demand of non-political candidates of parties like TMC and DMK. But their non-political background is not giving any strong political messages in states like Bihar where Demogrefi Change, OBC and Savarna, Hindu-Muslim polarization etc. are the main messages.
In comparison, BJP has given a message to the OBC community of both South India and Bihar through its candidate CP Radhakrishnan. Not only this, Reddy’s name is going to fail to influence the upper castes as well. In this way, India coalition at the level of social engineering has failed in the candidate selection.
Will OBCs accept the architect of Telangana caste survey?
B. in Social Engineering of Telangana. Sudarshan Reddy has a big role. The Telangana government started socio-economic, educational, employment, political and caste survey (SeeEEPC) as a promise made in the 2023 assembly elections. To analyze the data of this survey and to ensure its accuracy, an expert panel was formed, headed by B.C. Sudarshan Reddy did it.
The main objective of this panel was that the data collected in the survey should not have any kind of disturbance. Apart from this, it was also the responsibility of this panel to ensure that the figures were reliable, transparent and useful for policy making. But due to lack of OBC, Sudarshan Reddy will never be able to fulfill the lack of OBC leader. As former Prime Minister Vishwanath Pratap Singh implemented the Mandal Commission, but the OBC community of the country did not stand with him till date.
However, he has done such an important work that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wants to implement it in the whole country when his government is formed. Rahul Gandhi wants that caste census should be held across the country on the model of Telangana. It is obvious that it is not right from any point of view to deliberately martyr in a losing battle for a person associated with such a scheme. If Sudarshan Reddy had to be branded, he should have been beautified from Congress President or another similar post.
Any soft corner will appear for a judiciary, it is rarely expected
After declaring the candidate for the post of Vice President, the opposition says that our candidate is related to the constitution, but his RSS is a candidate. Former Supreme Court judge by India alliance An attempt has been made to become a party to promote the fair image of the judiciary in front of the country by making Sudarshan Reddy a candidate.
It is also being said that the Congress is expected to get a soft corner (sympathy or support) towards the judiciary through this selection. But this has never happened. The opposition has several times raised the retired Justice of the Supreme Court for the presidency many times but has never benefited from it. Except that such candidates get to stay in the discussion for a few days at the national level.
The selection of Reddy gives a message to strengthen the independence and constitutional values of the judiciary, but it is limited to urban and educated voters. According to a survey by CSDS-Lokniti, 60% of voters in Bihar prioritize economic issues, such as unemployment and migration. Issues related to the judiciary, such as constitutional defense, are probably not relevant for rural and less educated voters. Supriya Srinet connects Reddy’s candidature to constitutional values, but he is not working anywhere in breaking the BJP’s OBC Native.
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