Know about Jagdeep Dhankhar’s political journey
Jagdeep was born into a farmer’s family at Kithana village in Jhunjhunu district in 1951, Dhankhar studied at a local government school before going to Sainik school in Chittorgarh. He studied law at the university of rajasthan and became a professional lawyer, going on to serve as the president of the rajasthan High court Bar Association.
Meanwhile Dhankhar started his political journey with the Janata Dal and in 1989, he was elected to the lok sabha from Jhunjhunu. After that, he moved to state politics and was elected to the rajasthan Assembly in 1993 from Kishangarh on a congress ticket. He again tried his luck in the lok sabha elections in 1998 but lost from Jhunjhunu. Starting that year, Dhankhar served as a full-time senior advocate in the supreme court and in 2003 switched to the BJP. He advised the party on important legal matters.
Moreover before he was elected Vice-President, Dhankhar served as the governor of West bengal when he had several run-ins with the government of mamata banerjee and became a vocal critic of the state administration. His relationship with mamata banerjee became so acrimonious that the cm even blocked Dhankhar on social media. His relationship with Speaker Biman Banerjee was no less bitter, with the Speaker in 2021 complaining to then President ram nath kovind about Dhankhar allegedly interfering in matters of the government.