India elects 1st female president

[sania]

That is a good selection of Madam President's photo, Al Khiyal!

Calm but authoritative.

[sania]

The first test for Madam President has already come.

The Congress-led Goa Govt. has fallen, losing its majority.
The opposition BJP is going to parade the assembly members in front of Madam President in a few days,
to claim majority support.
It is to be seen how Madam President acts,
keeping in mind that it was Congress that placed her on the Presidential throne!

[voltaire]

There's not a lot she can do is there? If the BJP were fairly elected then they have the right to rule. I don't like them but that's life...



V

[sania]

"Fairly elected".......That is the point.

I hope earlier dramas in Bihar & Jharkhand are not repeated in Goa now.

Anyway Madam President has told that "Goa's Governer will act as per constitutional provisions"

That is the best way to handle this occasion as per protocol,
and best & correct words to be uttered.

Full Marks to Madam President in her first test as President.

[Al-khiyal]

NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (KUNA) -- Former Indian envoy to Saudi Arabia and UAE, Hamid Ansari of the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance was Friday elected as the 13th Vice President of India. Ansari, secured 455 votes while Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party nominee Najma Heptulla got 222 votes. Earlier in the day, members of both houses of the Indian Parliament cast their votes to elect the Vice-President.

Scholar-diplomat-writer Hamid Ansari (70), has handled a diverse range of assignments in a career spanning over 45 years. Ansari is currently the Chairman of India's National Commission for Minorities (NCM). Born in the Eastern Indian city of Kolkata in 1937, Ansari has a keen interest in West Asian affairs. Joining the Indian Foreign Service in 1961, Ansari has served as Indian ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia. He was also the Indian High Commissioner to Australia and New Delhi's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. Ansari has written extensively on international affairs and was the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University.

Former diplomat Hamid Ansari elected new Vice President of India

[sania]

Al Khiyal,

You should have posted a photo of Hamid Ansari.

Remember, you posted a good photo of Madam President.

Why this partiality?
Coz, he has pure white beard and hair?