Indian Vice President Dhankhar congratulates his Nepalese counterpart Yadav

Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has congratulated his Nepali counterpart Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav on his inauguration as the Vice President of Nepal.

He offered his congratulations to Yadav through Twitter today.

In his congratulatory message, Dhankhar, who is also chairperson of the Rajya Sabha of India, expressed his wishes to work together with Nepal’s Vice President Yadav to further strengthen multi-dynamic and people-to-people relations between the two countries in the days to come.

Yadav, who was elected Vice President of Nepal on last 17 March, took an oath of office and secrecy today.

Following his swearing in, he assumed office at the Office of Vice President in Green House, Lainchaur, Kathmandu.

Yadav was elected as the Vice President of Nepal on March 17, defeating Asta Laxmi Shakya of the CPN-UML, and Janata Party’s Mamata Jha. He is the third Vice-President of Nepal after the country became a republic in 2008.