Hamid Ansari to take oath as Vice-President today

Aug 11, 10:44 am

New Delhi, Aug 11 (ANI): Mohammed Hamid Ansari will be sworn in as the 14th Vice-President today after he was re-elected on Tuesday.

This is his second consecutive term as the Vice-President, only the second to do so after Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Hamid Ansari will take oath to office at 11 a.m today.

In an almost one-sided contest Ansari got 490 votes out of the 788 valid votes cast in the elections.

His opponent, NDA backed candidate Jaswant Singh , got only 238 votes. (ANI)

Hamid Ansari, oath, Vice President, Jaswant Singh

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