Vice President coming to Gujarat for three days

The vice-president of India, Hamid Ansari, will be the guest of Gujarat for three days from January 7. Besides attending some public functions, he will visit the lion sanctuary at Sasan Gir, said sources in the state government.

“The vice-president will arrive in Ahmedabad on January 7. He will inaugurate the new campus of Gujarat National Law University and also attend a public function organised by a research institute at Bhaikaka Hall,” an official said.

The vice-president will spend the night of on January 7 at Raj Bhavan. “In the morning of January 8, he will leave for Sasan Gir where he will visit the forests possibly for a sighting of the lions.

He will stay at Sasan on January 8. On January 9, he will again be taken on a visit to the forest and, in the afternoon, he will leave for New Delhi from Rajkot,” the official said.