New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar humorously mentioned on Thursday that he plans to retire in August 2027, unless fate decides otherwise. He shared this light-hearted remark while speaking at an event at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
"I will retire at the right time, August 2027, subject to divine intervention," Dhankhar quipped.
His current term as the 14th Vice President is set to conclude on August 10, 2027. Prior to ascending to this esteemed position, Dhankhar was notable for his role as a senior lawyer and his tenure as the governor of West Bengal, before being chosen by the BJP-led NDA as their Vice Presidential candidate.
In his address, Dhankhar emphasized that India's emergence as a global power should align with an enhancement in its intellectual and cultural dignity. He highlighted that a nation's strength stems from the uniqueness of its ideas and the eternal significance of its values.
Dhankhar expressed concern that local wisdom was often disregarded as merely "relics of the primitive past," and that this selective amnesia persisted post-independence. He criticized the tendency to showcase Western ideals as the ultimate truths, remarking that there existed "an architecture of erasure and decimation".
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