BJP names Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as NDA’s candidate for Vice President

The BJP on Saturday announced West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the NDA’s candidate for the Vice Presidential election 2022. Announcing the name, BJP’s national president J P Nadda said, “Dhankhar is a “kisan putra” (son of farmer) who established himself as “people’s governor”.

The announcement came after a parliamentary board meeting at party headquarters in New Delhi. PM Narendra Modi, BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, BJP National General Secretary BL Santosh & Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan were present at the meeting.

Nominations for the vice-presidential polls slated to be held on August 6 began on Tuesday. The Election Commission made an announcement of the elections for the 16th vice president of India to take place on August 6 (Saturday), 2022.