Mamata congratulates Vice President Naidu
Written by : IANS | Fri, Aug 11, 2017, 12:25 PM
Kolkata, Aug 11: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday congratulated India's new Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu.
"Congratulations M. Venkaiah Naiduji on assuming office as the Vice President of India. My good wishes," Banerjee tweeted.
Naidu took oath on Friday. Nominated by the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, he won the vice presidential poll on August 5.
On winning the vice-presidential poll Mr Naidu said, "India stands for: Integrated National Development Impacting All Indians, equally well. This is the mission for India." Venkaiah Naidu will succeed Hamid Ansari who finished his decade-long tenure as Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman yesterday.