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Jagdeep Dhankhar (born 18 May 1950) is an Indian politician and lawyer, serving as the 14th and current vice president of India since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of West Bengal from 2019 to 2022.
1 day ago · Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday lashed out at Congress leader P Chidambaram over his comment that the three new criminal laws were "drafted by part-timers", terming it as "inexcusable" and urging him to withdraw his "derogatory, defamatory and insulting" observation. Dhankar said he was "shocked beyond words" when in the morning he ...
Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Union Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, called on the Vice-President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar at Vice-President's Enclave in New Delhi on June 17, 2024.
Former West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Saturday elected as the 14th Vice President of India after he defeated the Opposition’s candidate Margaret Alva by 346 votes.
2 days ago · Hitting out at former finance minister P Chidambaram, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said the Rajya Sabha MP’s comments that the three new criminal laws were drafted by “part-timers” was an insult to Parliament’s wisdom. In an interview with The Indian Express, Chidambaram said ...
Aug 6, 2022 · Former West Bengal governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar swept the vote bank and coasted to victory to become the 14th Vice President of India on Saturday.
Aug 11, 2022 · Dhankar, who was the Bharatiya Janata Party -led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee for the vice-presidential post, defeated opposition‘s candidate Margaret Alva by a margin of 346 votes. As per data provided by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, out of 780 votes, 725 were cast.
