V-P candidate
The National Democratic Alliance’s choice of the West Bengal Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar, as its vice-presidential candidate appears to be ominous given his track record as the Governor of West Bengal where he quite often went beyond his constitutional obligations to bat for a national party.
In the scheme of our Republic, the post of Vice-President is not of much consequence. However, in his second post, as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Vice-President plays a key role in controlling the proceedings and can be helpful in smothering Opposition voices in the House. Was this a factor that weighed with the Bharatiya Janata Party?
