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Jagdeep Dhankhar attended the swearing-in ceremony of CP Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice President of India on Friday. This marks Dhankar’s first public appearance since his resignation as VP on the first day of Monsoon Session of Parliament, July 21, 2025.

PM Modi, former vice-presidents Jagdeep Dhankhar and M Venkaiah Naidu, former president Ram Nath Kovind, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari attended the oath-taking ceremony.

NDA's CP Radhakrishnan was elected as the new Vice President of India after defeating the Opposition's Justice Sudershan Reddy by 152 votes. While Radhakrishnan got 452 votes, Reddy could only manage to win 300.

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Meanwhile, Jagdeep Dhankhar has applied for a pension as a former Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. The Assembly Secretariat has initiated the process for approving his application.

Dhankhar had earlier served as an MLA from Rajasthan. Dhankhar was elected to the 10th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 1993 from the Kishangarh constituency in Ajmer district on a Congress ticket.

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His tenure as an MLA lasted until 1998. During this period, he also served as a member of the Assembly's Rules Committee from 1994 to 1997. As per the rules, every former MLA in Rajasthan is entitled to a monthly pension of Rs 35,000. In addition, there are provisions for an age-related increase.

A former MLA who is above 70 years of age is eligible for an additional 20 per cent pension, while those above 80 years receive a 30 per cent hike. Dhankhar, who is currently 74 years old, qualifies for the 20 per cent increase. This means that instead of Rs 35,000, he will receive around Rs 42,000 per month as a pension. If he crosses the age of 80 in the future, his pension amount will further increase by 30 per cent, in line with the rules.