Radhakrishnan takes oath as 15th Vice Prez of India

Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan was on Friday sworn in as the 15th vice president of India. He later assumed charge as the chairman of the Rajya Sabha in his office in Parliament.
President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to Radhakrishnan (67) at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, which was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several Union ministers. Dressed in a red kurta, Radhakrishnan took oath in English in the name of god.
Murmu congratulated him after he took oath.
Radhakrishnan succeeds Jagdeep Dhankhar, who suddenly resigned from the post on July 21 citing health reasons, necessitating an election. Dhankhar was present at the ceremony, his first public appearance since his resignation as the vice president.
Radhakrishanan won the vice-presidential election on Tuesday, defeating joint opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy by a margin of 152 votes.
Radhakrishnan will hold office till September 11, 2030.
After the swearing in, Radhakrishnan went to pay floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial at Rajghat. He also paid homage to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Sadaiv Atal and offered tributes to former prime minister Charan Singh at Kisan Ghat.
Back in the Parliament House, he assumed charge as the chairperson of the Rajya Sabha. The vice president is the ex-officio chairman of the Upper House of Parliament. Separately, the Union Home Ministry issued a notification announcing that Radhakrishnan has entered the office of the vice president on September 12.
Radhakrishnan is the third leader from Tamil Nadu to occupy the coveted post.