Venkaiah Naidu takes oath as 13th Vice-President of India
Venkaiah Naidu takes oath as 13th Vice-President of India
FP Staff
• August 11, 2017, 16:59:19 IST
M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday took oath as the new Vice President at a simple ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Durbar Hall.
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M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday took oath as the new Vice President at a simple ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Durbar Hall. PTI
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Naidu, 68, who was hitherto part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet, succeeded M Hamid Ansari who served two consecutive terms since August 2007. PTI
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President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office to the former Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Hindi. PTI
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Nominated by the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, Naidu won the 5 August poll defeating former West Bengal Governor and Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi. AP
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Naidu won 516 out of the 760 valid votes, winning the highest vote share in three decades in the vice-presidential poll. AP
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