Jagdeep Dhankhar took over as the fourteenth Vice President of India and Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
A renowned lawyer and former West Bengal Governor, Dhankhar, was administered the oath of office by the President, Droupadi Murmu at a swearing-in ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today.
Prior to oath taking, Dhankhar visited Rajghat in the morning today and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi ji. “Felt blessed, inspired and motivated to be ever in service of Bharat in serene sublimity of Raj Ghat while paying respects to Pujya Bapu,” he tweeted.
Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected to the Parliament of India in 1989 from Jhunjhunu Parliamentary Constituency. 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. As a legislator, Dhankhar served as the member of important Committees in the Lok Sabha and the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. As Union Minister, he was also a member of a delegation as Deputy Leader of a Parliamentary Group to the European Parliament.
In July 2019, Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal.
