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Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has been approved by former MLA pension by Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The Assembly Secretariat has ordered the release of pension from the post of resignation from the post of Vice President, completing the process on his application. Now they will get pension and related facilities as MLA every month. On July 21, Dhankhar resigned as Vice President, citing health.
Will you get about 42 thousand rupees every month?
Jagdeep Dhankhar applied to the Assembly Secretariat for pension in the last week of August. After completion of the formalities, now they will start getting pension of about 42 thousand rupees per month.
Pension was closed after being appointed governor
Significantly, Jagdeep Dhankhar was a Congress MLA from Kishangarh seat from 1993 to 1998. After leaving the post of MLA, he continued to get pension till July 2019. But this facility was closed after being appointed as the Governor of West Bengal. After being freed from the post of Vice President, he has once again been restored for former MLA pension.
- Dhankhar started his advocacy after registration in Rajasthan Bar Council in 1979
- He was appointed senior advocate by Rajasthan High Court in 1990
- In 1989, he entered politics by winning the Lok Sabha elections on Janata Dal ticket from Jhunjhunu.
- In 1990, during the tenure of Prime Minister Chandrashekhar, he was appointed Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.
- Representing Kishangarh constituency as a member of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 1998
- Dhankar was appointed as the Governor of West Bengal in July 2019
- NDA candidate for the post of Vice President on July 16, 2022
- Vice President won the election held on 6 August 2022
Dhankar won MLA’s election by 1958 votes
In the 1993 elections, the Congress gave ticket to Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Kishangarh seat of Rajasthan. Dhankar got a total of 41 thousand 444 votes in the assembly elections. He defeated BJP’s candidate Jagjit Singh. Jagjit Singh got 39 thousand 486 votes.
First MP then became MLA
In 1989, Dhankar won the Lok Sabha election. He defeated Mohammad Ayub Khan of Congress as a Janata Dal candidate from Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha seat. Then he got 4 lakh 21 thousand 686 votes. Ayub Khan was second with 2 lakh 59 thousand 705 votes.