New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Opposition-backed Vice-Presidential candidate Justice (Retd) B Sudershan Reddy is set to file his nomination papers at 11:30 AM today.

Justice Reddy, a former judge of the Supreme Court, was announced as the joint Opposition nominee earlier this week. He will contest against the NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan.

Leaders from across Opposition parties are expected to accompany him during the filing of his papers in Parliament.

Earlier, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy's nomination for the Vice Presidential elections stands as the opposition's firm commitment to restoring "fairness, impartiality, and dignity" to the functioning of the Rajya Sabha....