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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.
23 hours ago · Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar invoked the Emergency period during his address to both Houses of Parliament, calling it the "darkest chapter" of direct attack on the Constitution. "The entire country felt outraged, but the country emerged victorious over unconstitutional forces," Dhankhar said. On Wednesday too, while addressing an event ...
1 day ago · Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, while addressing the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Central Electronics on Wednesday said that the imposition of an emergency had plunged the world's largest democracy (India) into darkness and asserted that these days will never be seen again in the country.
Designated as Senior Advocate by the High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan with effect from 27.3.1990, Since 1990 Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar had been practicing primarily in the Supreme Court and his focus area of litigation have been in the field of Steel, Coal, Mining and International Commercial Arbitration, amongst others.
Vice President of India is the second highest constitutional office in India and has been held by Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu since 11 August 2017. The Vice President is also the ex-officio chairperson of the Rajya Sabha.
Aug 11, 2022 · Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today took over as the fourteenth Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha. A renowned lawyer and former West Bengal Governor, Shri Dhankhar, was administered the oath of office by the President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at a swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Aug 7, 2022 · Former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is the new Vice President of India after defeating Opposition candidate Margaret Alva by 346 votes.
