Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns citing well being causes, Opposition questions transfer

Jagdeep Dhankhar’s surprising announcement of resigning because the Vice President of India on Monday, citing well being causes, prompted hypothesis from opposition events, significantly the Congress, which believed that there could also be “much more to his completely surprising resignation than meets the attention”.

The timing of the announcement, made on the primary day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, has raised eyebrows.

Expressing shock over the sudden improvement, Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated that he had been with Dhankhar earlier that day and had a dialog with him shortly earlier than the announcement. The abrupt nature of the announcement has left many puzzled.

Ramesh additional stated that whereas Dhankhar’s well being ought to certainly be prioritised, there are suspicions of underlying motives for his resignation. “Little doubt Mr Dhankhar has to provide topmost precedence to his well being. However, clearly there may be much more to his completely surprising resignation than meets the attention.” Ramesh, nevertheless, cautioned towards any hypothesis at this stage, emphasising the necessity for readability and transparency.

Highlighting Dhankhar’s proactive position, Ramesh identified that he had scheduled a Enterprise Advisory Committee assembly and supposed to make vital judiciary-related bulletins.

“He had fastened a gathering of the Enterprise Advisory Committee tomorrow (Tuesday) at 1 pm. He was additionally to make some main bulletins associated to the judiciary tomorrow,” Ramesh famous.

The Congress urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to steer Dhankhar to rethink his resolution, suggesting that reversing the resignation can be helpful for the nation. “This will likely be within the nation’s curiosity. The farming group significantly will likely be tremendously relieved,” he added.

Communist Get together of India (CPI) MP P Sandosh Kumar stated the event is kind of surprising and “we do not know what the explanations are”.

“I do not assume that the president of India will settle for it. This may be an preliminary response from his facet. He may be dissatisfied with some developments,” Kumar stated.

Quickly after Dhankhar resigned because the vice chairman, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal praised him as a patriot and stated since he had cited well being causes for his resolution, it needs to be accepted and one ought to transfer ahead.

Reacting to the event, Sibal stated Dhankhar has said clearly that he has resigned on well being grounds and there shouldn’t be additional discussions on this.

“We now have to just accept that and transfer ahead. Personally, I didn’t really feel good. I had excellent ties with him. There was no ill-feeling. He used to talk his thoughts and never maintain issues in his coronary heart. Although our ideologies didn’t match, he by no means used to maintain issues in his coronary heart. After I needed to have extra time to talk within the Rajya Sabha, he used to provide me extra time,” the previous Union minister stated.

“These had been his good factors. He’s a nationalist and patriot. He needed the opposition and the federal government to work collectively to reinforce India’s standing on the planet,” Sibal, a senior advocate, stated.

On Dhankhar’s resignation, AIMIM chief Waris Pathan stated, “I noticed that the Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has submitted his resignation. He wrote to the President of India. He gave medical causes for this. We are able to solely pray that his well being improves rapidly….”

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Anand Dubey stated, “The information of the vice chairman resigning on account of well being causes is regarding. We sincerely pray for his well-being. Nonetheless, a query arises, at the moment marked the primary day of the Monsoon session, and his resignation on the identical day raises eyebrows.”

“What’s going on on this authorities? This resolution got here with out correct session or dialogue. If well being was the priority, the resignation may have been submitted just a few days earlier than the session and even after,” he stated.

In his letter to the president, the 74-year-old Dhankhar stated, “To prioritise well being care and abide by medical recommendation, I hereby resign as Vice President of India, efficient instantly, in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Structure.”

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Inputs from PTI