New Delhi: Vice President-elect CP Radhakrishnan will be administered the oath of office by President Droupadi Murmu on Friday.

The former Governor of Maharashtra will be sworn in as the next Vice President of India at a ceremony scheduled to be held at 10 am at Rashtrapati Bhavan, according to a PTI report. 

The 67-year-old 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.

After his election as the Vice President, Radhakrishnan demitted office as the Governor of Maharashtra on Thursday. President Murmu appointed Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat to discharge the functions of the Governor of Maharashtra, in addition to his own duties, an official statement issued by the President's office said.

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