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New Delhi: Former West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar was on Saturday elected as India’s new Vice President. He got 528 votes against opposition candidate Margaret Alva who got 182 votes. The polling to elect the new vice president began at 10 am today and concluded at 5 pm. The counting of votes began after 6 PM.
Members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including nominated members, voted in the vice presidential poll. Numbers stacked in favour of NDA’s candidate amid former West Bengal governor Dhankhar, who wa set for an easy win. His rival, 80-year-old Alva is a Congress veteran and has served as governor of Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, while the 71-year-old Dhankhar is a Jat leader from Rajasthan with socialist background.
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Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reach the residence of newly elected Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar in Delhi
Delhi | He will be a wonderful Rajya Sabha chairman, an outstanding Vice President. The nation is blessed to have the son of a farmer & an eminent jurist as VP of India. We’re fortunate we will have a chance to work with him: Union Minister Piyush Goyal
Delhi | I am so happy, congratulate him. It was a decisive & impressive victory. He is an eminent lawyer & a farmer, this is a rare combination: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Jagdeep Dhankhar being elected VP
PM Narendra Modi meets Vice-President elect Jagdeep Dhankhar soon after his election to the office, at his residence in Delhi pic.twitter.com/7BvYOurskk
— ANI (@ANI) August 6, 2022
Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulates NDA’s candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar on being elected as the Vice President of India; tweets “The Upper House will definitely benefit from his experience & close understanding of the ground issues.”
Oppn’s Vice-Presidential candidate Margaret Alva congratulates NDA’s Jagdeep Dhankhar on winning the polls; tweets “Unfortunately, some oppn parties chose to directly/indirectly support BJP, in an attempt to derail the idea of a united oppn… damaging their own credibility.”
Defence Min Rajnath Singh congratulates Jagdeep Dhankhar on winning Vice Presidential polls; tweets “His long public life, wide experience & deep understanding of people’s issues will certainly benefit the nation. I’m confident that he’ll make an exceptional VP & RS Chairman.”
Out of 780 electors comprising elected & nominated members of the RS & elected members of LS, 725 electors cast their votes. Total voter turnout – 92.94%: Utpal Kumar Singh, Lok Sabha Secretary-General
Jagdeep Dhankhar Defeats Opposition’s Margaret Alva, Becomes New Vice President
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