Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi after the NDA was made the Vice Presidential candidate. Earlier, he was strongly welcomed at Delhi Airport, where Union Minister Kiren Rijiju, Bhupendra Yadav, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had reached to receive him. After the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, he was made the Vice -Presidential candidate from the NDA on Sunday (17 August 2025).
‘CP Radhakrishnan’s experience will work for the nation’
PM Modi posted on X and said, “CP met Radhakrishnan ji. He gave him his best wishes when the NDA became the Vice Presidential candidate. His long public service and experience of various fields will enrich our nation. God should do it to serve the nation with the same dedication and determination that he has always shown.”
Met Thiru CP Radhakrishnan Ji. Conveyed my best wishes on his husband the NDA’s Vice Presidential Nominee. His long years of public service and experience across domains May he controlue to serve the nation with the same dedication and resolve he has… pic.twitter.com/5vjfzzwuqn
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 18, 2025
‘Radhakrishnan did a lot of work at the ground level in Tamil Nadu’
After being nominated by the NDA candidate, PM Modi said on Sunday (17 August 2025) that CP Radhakrishnan, the Vice Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), always focused on empowering the marginalized people and made a distinct identity with his dedication, humility and intelligence.
He said that Radhakrishnan did extensive work at the ground level in Tamil Nadu and he is happy that the NDA family has decided to nominate him as the Vice Presidential candidate of the coalition.
BJP national president JP Nadda hoped that the opposition party would support the NDA candidate. He said that we want the next Vice President to be elected unanimously for which we have contacted opposition leaders.
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