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Hamid Ansari sworn in as vice president
Saturday August 11, 2012 02:35:40 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Hamid
Ansari took oath as India's vice president for a second
consecutive term at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhawan here
Saturday.
Ansari 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 ministers, besides leaders
from the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and other
political parties.
Before taking oath, Ansari paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at
Rajghat.
UPA candidate Ansari had defeated National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
nominee Jaswant Singh by a margin of 252 votes in the vice
presidential election Aug 7 to secure another term in office.
Ansari is the second vice president after Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
to get two successive terms.
Ansari, who has served as the country's vice president since 2007,
is a scholar and a seasoned diplomat.
A former ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran
and Saudi Arabia, Ansari was also the vice chancellor of Aligarh
Muslim University and chairman of the National Minorities
Commission.
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