New Delhi [India], August 23 : INDIA bloc's Vice Presidential candidate B Sudershan Reddy on Saturday said that the election for the Vice President is not a battle but a clash of ideology, while highlighting that he disagrees with the ideology and not C.P. Radhakrishnan, NDA candidatefor the .
While talking to ANI, INDIA block VP candidate B Sudershan Reddy said, "This is not a battle, it is a clash of ideas... The other side was propagating that there is a person here who has been a full member of the RSS all his life, so I disagree with that ideology, not with C.P. Radhakrishnan ji."
He added that he has nothing personal against NDA candidate C.P. Radhakrishnan, "There is nothing personal between C.P. Radhakrishnan and me. We have never even met each other. So I wanted this to be a decent contest, not between individuals but between two different ideologies..."
Reddy highlighted ideological differences and said, "I have no business to like or dislike any ideology, but I have my serious differences with the way it (RSS) functions, because I am a liberal constitutional democrat. I believe in the idea of secularism, social justice and BabaSaheb's ideology of fraternity..."
On Thursday, the INDIA bloc's Vice-Presidential nominee and former Supreme Court Judge B Sudershan Reddy filed his nomination in the presence of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
NCP (SCP) chief Sharad Pawar, Samajwadi Party MP Ram Gopal Yadav, DMK MP Tiruchi Siva, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut and several other leaders of the alliance were also present.
Earlier, the INDIA bloc picked former Supreme Court Judge, Justice B Sudershan Reddy as its candidate for the upcoming Vice Presidential elections slated to take place on September 9.
The announcement was made by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the national capital following the INDIA bloc meeting.
Reddy will be contesting against NDA candidate CP Radhakrishnan.