KATHMANDU: Vice President Nanda Bahadur Pun has congratulated the newly-elected Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar and wished him a successful term in office.

In a message of best wishes send to the Indian Vice President on Sunday, Vice President Pun has expressed the confidence that the multi-faceted relations between Nepal and India would be further strengthened and expanded during Vice President Dhankhar’s tenure, according to Manoj Ghartimagar, the Vice President Pun’s press coordinator.

Dhankhar is the 14th Vice President of India. He secured 528 votes out of the 710 valid votes in the 16th Vice-Presidential election held in the Indian Parliament on Saturday.