The Indian National Congress has nominated Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha as its candidate to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Jabalpur constituency..Tankha had contested the 2014 elections from the same constituency..He was one of the senior lawyers who led the legal fight against the former Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP government in the alleged Vyapam scam alongside KTS Tulsi and Kapil Sibal..Vivek Tankha, who is the son of Late Justice RK Tankha, is a graduate of Delhi University, and was designated a Senior Advocate in 1999. He was the Advocate General for State of Madhya Pradesh from 1999-2003. He was appointed the Additional Solicitor General in 2009..He is also one of the members of the General Council at National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
The Indian National Congress has nominated Senior Advocate Vivek Tankha as its candidate to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Jabalpur constituency..Tankha had contested the 2014 elections from the same constituency..He was one of the senior lawyers who led the legal fight against the former Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP government in the alleged Vyapam scam alongside KTS Tulsi and Kapil Sibal..Vivek Tankha, who is the son of Late Justice RK Tankha, is a graduate of Delhi University, and was designated a Senior Advocate in 1999. He was the Advocate General for State of Madhya Pradesh from 1999-2003. He was appointed the Additional Solicitor General in 2009..He is also one of the members of the General Council at National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
