New Delhi: Hamid Ansari took oath as India's 14th vice-president at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.
He was administered the oath of office by President Pranab Mukherjee at a function attended by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and several union cabinet ministers, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) partners and leaders from other political parties.
Ansari, 75, polled 490 first preference votes out of 728 valid votes cast in the election held on August 7, while Jaswant Singh polled 238 votes.
Ansari got more votes than he had secured in the 2007 election. He had the backing by the Congress and its allies in the UPA, including the Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and the National Conference....
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12:07 PM, Aug 11, 2012
New Delhi: Vice President Hamid Ansari will file nomination papers on Wednesday for his re-election to the post amid expectations in UPA that he is set for a comfortable win. Ansari will submit four sets of nomination papers to Lok Sabha Secretary General TK Vishwanathan, who is the Returning Officer for the August 7 Vice Presidential election, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President...
01:45 AM, Jul 18, 2012
Jaswant Singh, an ex-Army officer, has headed Finance, Defence and External Affairs Ministries and even served as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. ...
05:09 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Patna/New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was united on Jaswant Singh's candidature for the vice president's post. "The NDA is united for the vice presidential poll and the Janata Dal-United is with Jaswant Singh," Nitish Kumar said. The Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has named BJP leader Jaswant Singh as its vice presidential candidate. The JD-U is, however, supporting UPA's Parnab Mukharjee...
02:53 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Mumbai: Unlike the presidential elections, the Shiv Sena will remain with the opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the vice presidential poll August 7, a party MP said in Mumbai on Sunday. "We have decided to support the NDA for the vice president's elections. Whoever is the vice presidential candidate of the NDA, Shiv Sena will go with that," Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut told mediapersons. The party is...
10:00 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the Vice Presidential elections for second term, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced in New Delhi on Saturday. "Ansari will shortly finish his term as Vice President. He has presided over the Rajya Sabha with dignity. UPA is honored to nominate him for a second term as Vice President," Sonia said. Sources say Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke...
05:55 PM, Jul 14, 2012
Kolkata/New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday night stepped up efforts to drum up support for Hamid Ansari for a second tenure in the post of Vice President, elections to which are scheduled for August 7, as he spoke to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and CPI leader AB Bardhan. Singh rang up Mamata but there was no official word on what transpired between the two leaders while CPI...
12:26 AM, Jul 12, 2012
