New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday (September 12, 2025) sworn in as the 15th Vice-President of India.

President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to the 67-year-old Mr. Radhakrishnan at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan this morning.

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Dressed in a red kurta, Radhakrishnan took oath in English in the name of God.

Radhakrishanan won the vice-presidential election on Tuesday, defeating the joint opposition nominee B Sudershan Reddy by a margin of 152 votes.

The election was necessitated due to the sudden resignation of the then incumbent, Jagdeep Dhankhar, on July 21 over health issues.

Dhankhar also attended the ceremo...