New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Retired Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy on Tuesday expressed gratitude towards the INDIA bloc for nominating him as the joint Opposition candidate for the Vice Presidential election and appealed to all Members of Parliament to support his candidature.

"Thank you for projecting me as a candidate on behalf of the INDIA Alliance. But for (sic) you, it would not have been possible...As a candidate, I would humbly request and appeal to all the Parliamentarians to support my candidature," Reddy told reporters here.

"I am very, very happy. Thank you," he added.

When asked about him and his competition being from southern India, Reddy said that "south, north, east, west" doesn't matter since both - him and Maharasht...