“I will uphold principles of the Constitution”
The ruling NDA candidate and former Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu said after he was elected as the Vice-President of India on 5th August 2017.
Naidu secured 516 votes as against 244 got by Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
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