President accepts Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as Veep, PM Modi wishes good health
PTC News Desk: The President on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice President. Deputy Rajya Sabha Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh was seen chairing the proceedings after Dhankhar's resignation.
The Chair said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has, wide it's notification, conveyed resignation of Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar under 67A of the Constitution with immediate effect
The announcement was made just before the upper house of Parliament was adjourned until 2:00 PM today.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi posted on X, saying, "Jagdeep Dhankhar has got many opportunities to serve our country in various capacities, including as the Vice President of India. Wishing him good health."
Amid mounting speculations over reasons behind Jagdeep Dhankar's resignation, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi today morning said that the relationship between the Vice President and the centre doesn't seem like before.
Labelling Dhankar's resignation as "sudden and unfortunate", Gogoi said that the Vice President presided over Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meetings on Monday. He expressed that the relationship between Dhankar and the central government might have taken a hit given that a Union Minister was also not present in the BAC meeting, which was scheduled for yesterday afternoon.
Earlier, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh had also raised eyebrows over Jagdeep Dhankar's sudden announcement to step down and said that the reason is 'far more than what meets the eye' .
Congress general secretary further claimed that 'something very serious' happened between 1 PM and 4:30 PM that accounts for deliberate absence of Nadda and Rijiju from second BAC.
- With inputs from agencies
