Ansari sworn in as 14th Vice President of India

NEW DELHI: Hamid Ansari was sworn-in as the Vice President of the country for a second consecutive term by President Pranab Mukherjee here today.

Ansari, 75, was administered the oath by the President at a grand ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

He had defeated NDA candidate Jaswant Singh with a comfortable margin earlier this week for his re-election as Vice President.

Ansari had polled 490 first preference votes out of 728 valid votes cast in the election held on August.