President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to the 67-year-old Radhakrishnan at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Murmu congratulated Radhakrishnan after he took oath. 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 was present at the ceremony, his first public appearance since his resignation as VP
He was seated in the front row next to his predecessor Venkaiah Naidu and was seen conversing with him. Another former vice president Hamid Ansari was seated next to Naidu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda were on the front row across the aisle
Former president Ram Nath Kovind, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu were also present at the oath taking
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