New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Congress MP Mallu Ravi on Tuesday said that the opposition parties were not against Maharashtra Governor and NDA Vice Presidential candidate CP Radhakrishnan as an individual, since it is a battle of ideology.

"We are not against CP Radhakrishnan, there are two ideals seen in India, one is secular ideology - Congress and UPA; non-secular ideology is NDA. That is why we are not against an individual; this is the battle of ideology," Ravi told ANI.

He appealed to all the regional parties, including the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and YSRCP, to support the candidature of Sudershan Reddy.

"We just wanted to start meeting individually and collectively. Through you, we are requesting all the TDP, YSRCP and even from Punjab...