Soon after NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar was declared victorious in the vice presidential election on the evening of Thursday, 6 August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Dhankhar at his residence in Delhi and offered his congratulations.
The PM was accompanied by BJP national president JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and others.
Several other political leaders, including President Droupadi Murmu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Uttar Pradesh Chied Minister Yogi Adityanath, also congratulated Dhankhar.
“Kisan putra (farmer son) Jagdeep Dhankhar ji’s election as the vice president of India is a matter of joy for the whole country. Dhankhar ji has been continuously associated with the public in his long public life. The Upper House will definitely benefit from the close understanding of the ground issues and their experience,” Shah wrote on Twitter.
