NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished good health to Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned from his Vice President post citing medical reasons. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji has got many opportunities to serve our country in various capacities, including as the Vice President of India. Wishing him good health.“Earlier President Draupadi Murmu accepted Dhankhar’s resignation. Later Rajya Sabha informed about home ministry’s notification (dated Jul 22) regarding resignation of VP Jagdeep Dhankhar with immediate effect.Dhankhar, 74, assumed office in August 2022 and his tenure was till August 2027. The resignation of Dhankhar, also the Rajya Sabha Chairman, came on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament.
‘Far deeper reason’: Congress claims
His suddent exit had sparked concerns among oppositions. Congress MP Jairam Ramesh raised questions citing “far deeper reasons” over Dhankhar’s sudden resignation, suggesting that a serious development between 1 PM and 4.30 PM on Monday may have triggered the decision.Ramesh in a post on X, claimed that Dhankhar had chaired the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting of the Rajya Sabha at 12.30 PM on Monday, which was attended by several members, including Leader of the House JP Nadda and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju. The committee decided to reconvene at 4.30 PM the same day.“At 4.30 PM, the BAC reassembled under the chairmanship of Shri Jagdeep Dhankar. It waited for Shri Nadda and Shri Rijiju to arrive. They never came. Shri Jagdeep Dhankar was not personally informed that the two senior Ministers were not attending. Rightly he took umbrage and rescheduled the BAC for today at 1 PM,” Ramesh said.He added, “So something very serious happened yesterday between 1 PM and 4.30 PM to account for the deliberate absence of Shri Nadda and Shri Rijiju.”
Nadda debunks Ramesh’s claims
Rejecting the theories, JP Nadda confirmed that both he and Rijiju had informed the Vice President’s office that they would not be attending the 4:30 pm Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting chaired by Dhankhar.“The Vice President’s office was intimated about our inability to attend the meeting,” Nadda said, responding to allegations by Congress MP Jairam Ramesh.