PM greets VP Hamid Ansari
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh greeted 75-year-old Vice President Hamid Ansari in New Delhi after he defeated main opposition-backed rival Jaswant Singh by 252 votes to retain the country's second highest constitutional post in the elections. Congress Leader Janardhan Dwivedi conveyed his gratitude to the members of the ruling UPA and other parties who voted for Ansari.