Morning News | Ravi Dahiya| Vinesh Phogat | Jagdeep Dhankar | Shrikant Tyagi | English News

Morning News | Ravi Dahiya| Vinesh Phogat | Jagdeep Dhankar | Shrikant Tyagi | English News

India gets a new #VicePresident | Ravi Dahiya wins gold | Vinesh Phogat wins the third consecutive gold | Wrestler Naveen Kumar wins gold against Pakistan at #CWG2022 | Bhavinaben Patel wins gold in para table tennis

Jagdeep Dhankhar, National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) nominee and former West Bengal governor who was pitted against joint Opposition candidate Margaret Alva, became the 14th Vice-President of India.

· Lok Sabha general secretariat Utpal K Singh said out of 780 votes, 725 cast their ballot and Dhankhar polled 528 votes, while Alva secured 182. There were 50 absentees and 15 votes were found invalid.

· PM Modi went to Parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad Joshi's residence and congratulated the new Vice-President on his victory. BJP Chief JP Nadda also met newly elected VP and congratulated him while Home Minister Amit Shah in a tweet mentioned that Dhankhar will prove to be an ideal guardian of the Constitution. Meanwhile, massive celebrations were held at Dhankhar's hometown of Jhunjhunu

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