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08/08/22 05:23 AM IST

Former Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar is India's 14th Vice President

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  • Former West Bengal governor and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar swept the vote bank and coasted to victory to become the 14th Vice President of India.
Jagdeep Dhankar 
  • Jagdeep Dhankhar was born on May 18, 1951 in an agrarian household in a remote village in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district.
  • After finishing his schooling at Sainik School, Chittorgarh, he did graduation in Physics and then pursued an LLB from the University of Rajasthan.
  • He became one of the leading lawyers in Rajasthan and practiced in both the Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court. He also headed the Rajasthan High Court Bar Association.
  • He forayed into politics in 1989 and was elected to Lok Sabha from Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu the same year. He served as a minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs in the Janata Dal government led by Chandra Shekhar.
  • Jagdeep Dhankar went on to become the Governor of West Bengal in 2019.
  • He has championed issues related to Other Backward Classes, including the grant of OBC status to the Jat community in Rajasthan.
  • Jagdeep Dhankhar's election as Vice President will also mean that the presiding officers of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha will be from Rajasthan.
Source- PIB 

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