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New Delhi, Sep 12: Named after first Vice President S Radhakrishnan and strongly rooted in the RSS and the BJP, Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan brings with him a rich political and administrative experience as the 15th vice president of India, which his supporters believe will also prove handy in his role as the ex-officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
\nSeen as a soft-spoken and non-confrontational leader, the 67-year-old Radhakrishnan took oath on Friday. He succeeds Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as vice president on July 21, taking everyone by surprise. Radhakrishnan is the third leader from Tamil Nadu to occupy the coveted post.
\nDhankhar was known for his frequent run-ins with the Opposition, and had even faced an impeachment notice from them.
\nDescribed as a \u2018Pachai Tamizhan\u2019 (true-blue Tamil) by well-wishers, Radhakrishnan was serving as the governor of Maharashtra when he was named as the vice presidential nominee of the BJP-led NDA.
\nOn Tuesday, when he was elected as the vice president, his mother Janaki Ammal fondly recalled the story behind his name.
\n\u201cWhen my son was born, the then President Radhakrishnan was in office. He was a teacher, and I too was a teacher. In his memory, I named my son after him. At that time, my husband looked at me and asked, \u2018are you giving this name because you want your son to become the President one day?\u2019 After 62 years, just as my husband had said, it has come true,\u201d she had told reporters in Tamil Nadu.
\nRadhakrishnan on Tuesday described his election to the second-highest Constitutional post as a victory of the nationalistic ideology and vowed to work towards making India a developed nation by 2047.
\nHe won the vice presidential election by bagging 452 votes, while the opposition candidate, B Sudershan Reddy, polled 300 votes.
\n\u201cThe other side camp (opposition alliance) said that this (election) is an ideological fight, but from the voting pattern, we understand that the nationalistic ideology has emerged victorious,\u201d Radhakrishnan said in his first public remarks after the win.
\n\u201cIt is a victory for every Indian; we all have to work together. If we have to develop Viksit Bharat by 2047, which means we should not do politics in everything, now we will have to concentrate on development,\u201d he had said.
\nA two-term member of the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore during the tenure of prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Radhakrishnan came close to becoming a Union minister, but had to lose out to fellow Tamilian Pon Radhakrishnan in 1998 after some confusion over his name by the then floor managers of the BJP.
\nRadhakrishnan joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a teenager and rose through the ranks in the organisation and later in the BJP, gaining acceptability in the party and the state.
\nA member of the socially dominant and economically prosperous Kongu Vellalar Gounder community, he became the secretary of the BJP\u2019s Tamil Nadu unit in 1996 and served as the party\u2019s state unit president between 2003 and 2006.
\nAn avid sportsperson, Radhakrishnan was a college champion in table tennis and a long-distance runner. He also enjoys cricket and volleyball.
\nRadhakrishnan is considered an untainted leader with rich political and administrative experience for the vice president\u2019s office and this would also prove useful as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
\n\u201cThiru CP Radhakrishnan Ji has rich experience as MP and Governor of various states. His Parliamentary interventions were always incisive. During his gubernatorial tenures, he focused on addressing challenges faced by common citizens. These experiences ensured that he has vast knowledge of legislative and Constitutional matters. I am confident he will be an inspiring vice president,\u201d Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said after the NDA chose Radhakrishnan as the vice presidential candidate.
\nThe Tamil Nadu leader is said to be held in high esteem across party lines in his state, resulting in the BJP giving him multiple gubernatorial assignments in Jharkhand, Telangana, Maharashtra and Puducherry.
\nRadhakrishnan\u2019s candidature also seeks to disarm the Opposition of a key political narrative, as he is the first OBC leader from South India to be named for the vice-president\u2019s office.
\nAn official profile circulated by the NDA projects Radhakrishnan as a leader who is eminent, knowledgeable and untainted by any legal accusations.
\nRadhakrishnan\u2019s political innings started with his association with organisations such as the RSS and the Jan Sangh.
\nHe took up student politics and has since used politics as a medium to serve the people.
\nRadhakrishnan\u2019s track record of holding electoral, organisational and constitutional responsibilities shows that he is set to create history as the vice president of India.
\nHe was sworn in as the governor of Maharashtra on July 31, 2024. Before this, he served as the governor of Jharkhand for nearly one-and-a-half years.
\nBorn on October 20, 1957, at Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan has a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Administration.
\nStarting as an RSS swayamsevak at the age of 16, he became a state executive committee member of the Bharatiya Janasangh in 1974.
\nBetween 2004 and 2007, Radhakrishnan served as the Tamil Nadu BJP president. In this role, he undertook a 19,000-km \u2018Rath Yatra\u2019 that lasted for 93 days.<\/p>\n

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