Ahead of the Vice-Presidential election scheduled for Tuesday (September 9, 2025), three parties — the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of Odisha, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of Punjab, and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) of Telangana — have declared their intent to abstain from the polls. Their declaration, though, makes little difference to the poll arithmetic, with the nominee of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), C.P. Radhakrishnan, headed for a comfortable victory.
Both the NDA and Opposition parties are pulling out all the stops to ensure maximum attendance of all their members. The two sides held a meeting on the eve of the polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the NDA meet, after which Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said all its MPs will be present for the Tuesday’s (September 9, 2025) poll. “It was a very good meeting. All MPs of the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha met together, and PM Modi also guided them,” he said. Mr. Modi, he said, expressed his happiness that important Bills were passed in Parliament recently, and urged the NDA parliamentarians to spread the message to people.
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