Crediting former deputy prime minister “Tau” Devi Lal for shaping his political career, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday recalled how Devi Lal had encouraged him to transition from a “pleader” (lawyer) to a “leader”. “I was not his relative… I remember the day when I saw him for the first time. When he asked me to contest the election, I replied that I was a pleader. He said to remove the ‘P’ and become a leader,” said Dhankhar, who practised as a senior advocate till assuming the Office of the Bengal Governor in July 2019. Dhankhar was addressing a convocation…