Vice President

"I have a wise regard for our industrialists, they are contributing to the growth of the nation. But even the best of minds, sometimes need to be cautioned. Some of India's Billionaires and intellectuals, unmindful of consequence have fallen prey to such pernicious designs by funding these institutions," Vice President Dhankhar was quoted as saying.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar hits out at Rahul Gandhi for his comments on India during his UK visit

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that NJAC was scrapped by SC using judicially evolved doctrine of 'Basic Structure' of Constitution.

Qatar informed India that Zakir Naik was not officially invited to attend FIFA World Cup in Doha.

Jagdeep Dhankhar hails from the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. Born on 18th May 1951, a lawyer by profession, he is in active politics since 1989.

Margaret Alva says she is disappointed with TMC decision to abstain from vice president elections

Jagdeep Dhankhar is currently working as Governor of West Bengal.

Dr Adish Aggarwala, who organised the conference in 2010, said Hamid Ansari desired that Nusrat Mirza be invited to the conference.

Aggarwala emphasised that Ansari and Mirza did not attend the Conference on Jurists but instead participated in the "International Conference against Terrorism", which was held at Oberoi Hotel in New Delhi on October 27, 2009, by Jama Masjid United Forum.

Hamid Ansari denied claims that he had invited a Pakistani journalist to a conference in 2010, saying MEA decided the invitees