Hamid Ansari, the second Vice President to be re-elected, was sworn-in to office in Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday .
75-year-old Ansari was administered the oath by President Pranab Mukherjee in the ornate Ashoka Hall of the presidential palace. He took the oath of office in English and in the name of God.
Ansari is India’s 12th Vice President and only the second person after Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan to get a second term. He will once again be the Chairman of Rajya Sabha by virtue of his being the Vice President.
PM Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Sonia Gandhi, L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley, and several dignitaries, including Union Ministers and Governors were present.
A former diplomat, Ansari defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin in the August 7 election for the post.
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