New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Chandrapuram Ponnusamy Radhakrishnan today took oath as the 15th Vice President of the country.
President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Radhakrishnan at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Before this, the certificate of election from the Election Commission declaring Radhakrishnan as the Vice President was read out.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former President Ram Nath Kovind, former Vice Presidents Jagdeep Dhankhar, Venkaiah Naidu, Hamid Ansari, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, union ministers JP Nadda, Nitin Gadkari and several other ministers and dignitaries were present.
The election for the Vice President was held ...