India, Aug. 19 -- The Opposition's INDIA bloc on Tuesday announced former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its candidate for the upcoming Vice-Presidential election scheduled on September 9. The decision was taken at a meeting held at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence, where leaders of the alliance discussed fielding a joint nominee.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has already declared Maharashtra Governor and senior RSS functionary CP Radhakrishnan as its candidate for the post. Radhakrishnan, a former president of the BJP's Tamil Nadu unit, was named on Sunday.

Justice (retd) Reddy, 78, has had a distinguished legal career spanning four decades.

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