Congress Party in Chhattisgarh Advocates for Veteran BJP Politician Ramesh Bais as Vice President of India
The race for the Vice President of India is heating up, with the ruling BJP yet to announce its official candidate for the September 9 election. As of August 2025, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has authorized Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president JP Nadda to select the NDA's vice presidential candidate, but no official candidate list has been released [1].
So far, three nominations have been submitted but rejected on technical grounds, and no confirmed candidates are publicly known [2]. Regarding candidates from Chhattisgarh specifically, there is no information or mention in recent sources about any potential vice presidential candidates from that state in the 2025 election cycle [1][2][3][5].
The BJP has been making impressive strides in Chhattisgarh, winning ten out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014, 2019, and 2024 polls [4]. Despite this, no candidate from Chhattisgarh is currently known or officially proposed for the 2025 Vice President of India election according to available information [1][2].
Amidst this, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee president, Deepak Baij, has written a letter to Prime Minister Modi, urging him to consider appointing veteran BJP leader Ramesh Bais as the new vice president of India [6]. Baij believes that the BJP will do justice to Chhattisgarh by making a party leader from the state as vice president of India [7].
Ramesh Bais, a seven-time MP, has served as governor of three states, Jharkhand, Tripura, and Maharashtra. However, no new facts about Ramesh Bais' qualifications or suitability for the Vice President role have been made public [5].
Baij believes that the state of Chhattisgarh has not received adequate representation at the Centre compared to the Lok Sabha seats it secured in the last polls. The BJP, in response, has reminded Baij of the Congress leadership's oversight in fielding outsiders in the last Rajya Sabha elections in Chhattisgarh [8].
The Election Commission has initiated the process for the election of the new vice president, and the race is expected to intensify in the coming weeks. As of now, the BJP has not officially announced any Chhattisgarh candidate for the Vice Presidential election, but the urging from Baij for Ramesh Bais' appointment could potentially change the course of the election.
- Amid policy-and-legislation discussions and the intensity of politics surrounding the upcoming Vice President of India election, Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee president, Deepak Baij, has written a letter to Prime Minister Modi, urging the consideration of appointing Ramesh Bais, a seven-time MP, as the new vice president of India.
- Despite the BJP's significant wins in Chhattisgarh, the party has not officially announced any Chhattisgarh candidate for the Vice Presidential election as of now, but the urging from Baij for Ramesh Bais' appointment could potentially change the course of the election, influencing general-news headlines in the coming weeks.
