Vice President Election 2022: Dhankhar, a former governor of West Bengal who will also preside over the Rajya Sabha which has been witnessing opposition protests over a range of issues, secured 528 votes against Alva's 182.
Vice President Election 2022: In July 2022, Jagdeep Dhankhar, a Jat leader from Rajasthan with socialist background, was selected as the ruling National Democratic Alliance's vice presidential candidate.
Vice President Election 2022: Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda, JD(U) chief Lalan Singh and BJD's Pinaki Misra were present during Dhankhar's nomination.
Manipur Governor La. Ganesan has been given the additional charge of West Bengal, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said.
Jagdeep Dhankhar, prior to his present role as the Governor of the state, the 71-year-old has been a noted lawyer, was instrumental in getting OBC status for Jats in Rajasthan and loves to beat his own cappuccino desi-style.
Vice President election 2022: Dhankhar, the West Bengal governor, has been at loggerheads with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the latter accused the Central government of “misusing power” by governors of opposition-ruled states.
The governor is the current chancellor of the state-run universities by dint of his office and the term of the current RBU vice-chancellor Sabyasachi Basu Roy Choudhury is set to be over soon.
TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh claimed that Dhankhar is proactive to the saffron party's complaints while being "mum" on the ruling party's complaints against Adhikari about his statement that the TMC government will be toppled in 2024.
The Bill which was introduced by Minister of State for Health, Chandrima Bhattacharya, was first passed by voice vote but later taken up for a vote by ballot at the insistence of the opposition BJP.
The bill was passed after 182 members voted in favour of the legislation and 40 against it in the 294-member Assembly.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Sunday said Trinamool (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee has "crossed the red line" by criticising the judiciary for ordering CBI investigations. The governor added that constitutional authorities in the state are under attack.
Dhankhar, in his letter, underlined that lawlessness and violence has skyrocketed in Bengal and asked her to meet him at the earliest.
Eight persons, including two children, died in the early hours of Tuesday after their houses were gutted in a fire in Rampurhat in Birbhum district, police said.
The meet also comes one day after Dhankhar on Sunday spoke of 'catalyzing talks with the CM'. Evident tensions have long prevailed between the two which even led to Mamata blocking Dhankhar on Twitter.
The governor discontinued the Assembly on the advice of the state Cabinet.
Dhankhar claimed that the silence of "sane voices at this juncture will deal a staggering blow to the already tottering democratic values and human rights in the state".
The seemingly unending tug of war between the TMC government and the governor had reached a new low, when Banerjee recently told a press conference she had blocked Dhankhar's official Twitter handle because of his posts repeatedly targeting her government.
Earlier, Jagdeep Dhankhar had extended an invitation for 'dialogue' towards Mamata on the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30.
Several issues were raised regarding the lack of transparency, accountability and modalities of the selection process of these consultants.
The Centre had recently amended the BSF Act to authorize the force to undertake search, seizure and arrest within a larger 50 km stretch, instead of 15 km, from the international border in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam.
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