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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned purely due to health reasons, rejecting any other speculation.
File photos of Union Home Minister Amit Shah/Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar (PTI)
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned as the Vice President due to health reasons, and that there was no other reason behind the same.
Speaking exclusively to news agency ANI over Dhankhar’s resignation, the Home Minister also said the Vice President “did good work according to the Constitution”.
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“Dhankhar ji was sitting on a constitutional post, and during his tenure, he did good work according to the Constitution,” Shah said.
“He has resigned due to his personal health problem. One should not try to stretch it too much and find something,” he added.
Dhankhar resigned as the Vice President on July 21, citing health grounds. His sudden resignation came on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, which concluded on August 21.
An election to pick his successor is scheduled to take place on September 9.
In the vice-presidential election, NDA pick CP Radhakrishnan, the Governor of Maharashtra, is pitted against opposition nominee B Sudershan Reddy, a former Supreme Court judge.
Dhankhar’s term as the Vice President was to end on August 10, 2027.
On August 9, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal had claimed that the whereabouts of Jagdeep Dhankhar have not been known since his resignation and demanded that Union Home Minister Amit Shah issue a statement on the matter.
Multiple Opposition leaders have repeatedly raised questions over the resignation of Dhankhar, claiming that the former VP might have been forced to resign due to differences between leaders.
On July 23, Congress chief and leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, had expressed scepticism over the resignation, suggesting that there’s something not quite right with his decision.
Addressing reporters, Kharge had said that the government should put forward the reasons behind Dhankhar’s resignation.
“The government should answer why he resigned. I can see ‘dal mein kuch kaala hai.’ His health is fine. He used to defend the RSS and the BJP always. Who and what is behind his resignation should be known to the country,” Kharge had said.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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