Jagdeep Dhankhar Became The 14th Vice President of India
On 06 August, 2022, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar has been elected as the 14th Vice President of India. In the Vice Presidential election, he defeated UPA candidate Margaret Alva. Jagdeep Dhankhar got 528 votes
while Margaret Alva got 182 votes in the election. The tenure of outgoing Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu will end on August 10. Jagdeep Dhankhar will take
oath as the Vice President on August 11, 2022.
Jagdeep Dhankhar
Jagdeep Dhankhar was born on May 18, 1951 in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. He did his early education from Sainik School, Chittorgarh. Later he completed his
graduation from Rajasthan University.
He was a Lok Sabha MP from Jhunjhunu from 1989 to 1991 from the Janata Dal. He was also a minister in the government of VP Singh and Chandrashekhar government.
In 1991, Dhankhar left the Janata Dal and joined the Congress. At the same time, in 1993, he became an
MLA from Kishangarh in Ajmer. After this, in 2003, he left the Congress and joined the BJP. Dhankhar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal on July 30,
2019.
Jagdeep Dhankhar the second leader of Rajasthan to become the Vice President of India
Jagdeep Dhankhar is the second leader of Rajasthan to be elected to this post after Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. Earlier, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat took over as the 11th
Vice President from August 2002 to July 2007.
Strange coincidence made by winning of Dhankhar
A strange coincidence has happened after Dhankhar’s win. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha are from the same state. Currently Om Birla is the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and he represents the Kota parliamentary constituency of
Rajasthan.
The Vice President is also the ex- officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Let us educate that Jagdeep Dhankhar, the former Governor of West Bengal, belongs to the influential Jat community of Rajasthan. His background has been socialist.