Aizawl, Feb. 26 -- Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will address the ongoing budget session of the Mizoram state assembly on Monday, a senior official said on Sunday.

State assembly commissioner and secretary Vanlalthantlingi said that the Vice President will address the house in the afternoon at 12:45 pm after attending the convocation of Mizoram University (MZU) at Tanhril in the western outskirts of Aizawl.

Dhankhar will arrive on Monday on a day visit to the northeastern state and he will return to Delhi after attending the convocation of MZU and addressing the assembly, officials said.

He will be the second Vice President of India after M. Venkaiah Naidu to address the state assembly, they said.

Naidu addressed the budget session ...