14th Vice President of India

Jagdeep Dhankar

Jagdeep Dhankhar will be the 14th Vice President of India, succeeding M Venkaiah Naidu. He will take the oath of office on August 11.

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Dhankhar was born on May 18, 1951, into an agrarian family in a remote village in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district.

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He rose to prominence in Rajasthan as a prominent lawyer, appearing in both the Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court.

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In addition, he was the president of the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association. In 1989, Jagdeep Dhankhar, a lawyer by profession, entered politics.

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Dhankhar, who had previously worked with the Janata Dal and the Congress, only rejoined the BJP in 2008, after a nearly decade break.

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In India's Vice Presidential election 2022, he defeated Opposition candidate Margaret Alva by 346 votes on Saturday.

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