CP Radhakrishnan
BJP names CP Radhakrishnan as NDA vice presidential candidate
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) candidate for the upcoming Vice President election.
The decision was taken at the BJP Parliamentary Board meeting, which was called to finalise the party’s choice for the Vice Presidential election, reported India Today.
The saffron outfit announced the name of its candidate weeks after Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned as the Vice President.
The Vice Presidential election will be held on September 9.
The last date for filing nomination is August 22.
The crucial BJP meeting where the decision to announce its vice presidential candidate was attended by PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Who is C. P. Radhakrishnan?
Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was sworn in as the Governor of Maharashtra on July 31, 2024.
Prior to his appointment, he served as the Governor of Jharkhand for nearly one and a half years.
As the Governor of Jharkhand, Radhakrishnan was appointed by the President of India to discharge the functions of the Governor of Telangana and as the Lt. Governor of Puducherry, as per the Raj Bhavan website.
Born on October 20, 1957, in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, Radhakrishnan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Starting as an RSS Swayamsevak, he became a State Executive Committee Member of the Bharatiya Janasangh in 1974.
In 1996, Radhakrishnan was appointed the Secretary of the BJP in Tamil Nadu.
PM Modi chaired the Parliamentary Committee Meeting at the BJP headquarters in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/YPS9s0b2of
— BJP (@BJP4India) August 17, 2025
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time from Coimbatore in 1998. He was re-elected to Lok Sabha in 1999.
During his tenure as an MP, he served as Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee for Textiles.
He was also a member of the Parliamentary Committee for Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and the Consultative Committee for Finance.
He was a member of the Parliamentary Special Committee investigating the Stock Exchange Scam.
In 2016, Radhakrishnan was appointed as the Chairman of the Coir Board, Kochi, a position he held for four years.
Under his leadership, coir exports from India reached an all-time high of Rs. 2532 crores. From 2020 to 2022, he was the All India in Charge of BJP for Kerala.
On February 18, 2023, Shri Radhakrishnan was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand. Within his first four months, he travelled to all the 24 districts of Jharkhand, interacting with citizens and district officials.
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