Live
- Bhupesh Baghel threatens defamation case over allegations in Bitcoin scam
- I want to have that chance of playing in IPL, says Swastik Chikara ahead of mega auction
- Damson Technologies Inaugurates State-of-the-Art Manufacturing Facility in Ahmedabad with Rs. 200 Crore planned Investment
- Waqf row: BJP stages protest condemning land grab in Karnataka
- President Droupadi Murmu Graces Koti Deepotsavam in Hyderabad
- South Korean court sentences ex-fiance of Olympic fencing medalist to 13-yr prison term
- Posani Krishna Murali Announces Exit from Politics
- Allu Arjun and Sreeleela to Ignite the Stage with Pushpa-2’s Special Song
- World Television Day 2024: From B&W Beginnings to Smart TVs and Their Role in Shaping Elections
- Bihar: Kaimur residents buy cheap medicines from Jan Aushadhi Kendras, thanks govt
BJP Names W.B Governor Jagdeep Dhankar As Candidate For Vice President
Jagdeep Dhankar
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar has been named as the BJP led NDA's candidate for the post of Vice President of India.
New Delhi, July 16: West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankar has been named as the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s candidate for the post of Vice President of India.
The announcement was made by Bharatiya Janata Party supremo J.P. Nadda on Saturday following the party's parliamentary board meeting held in Delhi at the party's headquarters.
Dhankhar has locked horns with the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee over issues ranging from universities to political violence in the state.
BJP, in an official statement, has called Dhankar as the Kisan Putra, who has a successful legal career as well as served as the youngest president of the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association.
"Kisan Putra Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar has been in public life for more than three decades. Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar's life story reflects the spirit of new India – overcoming innumerable social and economic hurdles and achieving one's goals," the party has said in an official statement.
Dhankar entered his political stint after being elected as the Member of Parliament from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections. Subsequently, he also served as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in 1990. In 1993, he was elected to the Rajasthan assembly from the Kishangarh constituency in Ajmer district. In July 2019, he was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal.
