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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Upper House would definitely benefit from his experience and close understanding of the ground issues. BJP president J.P. Nadda too congratulated the newly elected Vice-President.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi sent a congratulatory note to Mr. Dhankhar. Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, while congratulating Mr. Dhankhar, said Ms. Alva represented the spirit of the joint Opposition with grace and dignity. Senior Congress MP in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh said it was too bad that the Trinamool Congress didn’t support Ms. Alva. “India will have to wait for its first woman Vice-President,” he said and hoped that Mr. Dhankhar will display the sagacity and objectivity of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and the wit and humour of Venkaiah Naidu, the two BJP leaders who became Vice-Presidents.
CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said Ms. Alva clearly articulated and raised all issues which are roiling Indian democracy today.
“The legislature is under threat from an overbearing Executive. She led a spirited fight. The answers to questions she raised are yet to come,” he said.
