New Delhi: Ahead of the Presidential elections, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its parliamentary board meeting on Saturday picked West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the party's candidate for the post of Vice-President of the country.
BJP chief JP Nadda, after the meeting said, “NDA's candidate for the post of Vice-President of India to be Jagdeep Dhankhar.”
Born in an agrarian household in a remote village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, Dhankhar completed his school education from Sainik School in Chittorgarh.
After completing his graduation in Physics, he pursued LLB from the University of Rajasthan.
Despite being a first generation professional, he became one of the leading lawyers in the state. Dhankhar has practiced in both Rajasthan High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
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He entered public life after getting elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) from Jhunjhunu in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections.
Subsequently, he also served as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in 1990.
In 1993, Dhankhar was elected to the Rajasthan assembly from the Kishangarh constituency in Ajmer district.
Later, in July 2019, he was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal.
It is to be noted that the nomination process for the election of the next Vice-President of the country has commenced and the last date for nomination for the post is July 19.
If more than one candidate remains in the fray, then the election for the post of Vice-President will be held on August 6 and the results will also be announced on the same day.