who is jagdeep dhankhar

‘Darjeeling Pact’: Congress, CPM Come Down Heavily On TMC For VP Poll Move

  KOLKATA: Congress and CPM on Saturday came down heavily on the ruling TMC for declaring to abstain from voting in the vice-presidential poll, calling the decision a result of the “Darjeeling pact”, a reference to Mamata Banerjee’s meeting with NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.  Days before the announcement of Dhankhar’s candidature, the TMC supremo met […]

Learned Dhankar May Tilt BJP’s Fortunes In Jatlands

NEW DELHI: True to its established practice by now, the BJP surprised many on Saturday evening when it announced that the party’s Parliamentary Board, its highest decision-making body, has zeroed in on West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its Vice-Presidential candidate. With the selection of a Jat for the post of Vice-President, BJP has sent […]

Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar Is BJP’s VP Candidate

  NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as its Vice-Presidential candidate after a meeting of its Parliamentary Board on Saturday evening. “The decision was reached upon after discussing multiple names,” said BJP president JP Nadda. Governor Dhankhar, who is in Delhi, had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi before […]