This Article is From Jul 16, 2022

5 Facts About "Kisan Putra" Jagdeep Dhankhar, BJP's Vice President Pick

Jagdeep Dhankhar was appointed the Governor of West Bengal in July 2019. Since then, he has had frequent run-ins with the Mamata Banerjee-led government.

New Delhi: Jagdeep Dhankhar, West Bengal Governor, has been named as ruling NDA's candidate for the post of Vice President of India. BJP President JP Nadda described Mr Dhankhar as a "kisan putra" (farmer's son) who established himself as a "people's governor".

Here are 5 facts about Jagdeep Dhankhar:

  1. Jagdeep Dhankhar, a Jat, was born in 1951 into a farmer's family in Kithana, a small village in Rajasthan.

  2. He started as a lawyer and has practised in the Supreme Court and the Rajasthan High Court. He was designated a senior advocate in 1990, a year after he forayed into politics.

  3. He was associated with former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and he followed his mentor when the latter walked out of the VP Singh government and became a union minister in 1990 in the minority government led by Chandra Shekhar.

  4. He joined the Congress when PV Narasimha Rao became the prime minister. But with the rise of Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan politics, he shifted to the BJP and is said to have become close to Vasundhara Raje soon after.

  5. Mr Dhankhar was appointed the Governor of West Bengal in July 2019. Since then, he has had frequent run-ins with the Mamata Banerjee-led government.



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