President Murmu Accepts VP Jagdeep Dhankhar’s Resignation Citing Health Reasons

President Murmu accepts VP Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation citing health reasons. Resignation forwarded to MHA, official notification pending. Dhankhar steps down midway through term, sparking political discussions.

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who had stepped down citing health issues. His resignation, tendered on Monday evening, has been approved and forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs. An official notification confirming the same is expected to be released soon.

Just health reasons, or something else?

Dhankhar has served as Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha for less than three years. Interestingly, just hours before his resignation, his office had shared information about his visit to Jaipur on July 23.

Apart from this, he was also present in Parliament, where he accepted the letter demanding impeachment against Justice Yashwant Verma.

Suddenly resigned after reaching Rashtrapati Bhavan

According to sources, Dhankhar reached Rashtrapati Bhavan without any prior information and submitted his resignation to President Draupadi Murmu. Many speculations are being made about the reason behind this sudden decision.

Growing closeness with the opposition?

There is a discussion in Parliament that in recent times, there was discomfort in the BJP over Dhankhar's growing closeness to opposition leaders. Recently, he met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and also held a meeting with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday.

Apart from this, advocating the return of an institution like NJAC to prevent transparency and corruption in the judiciary is also considered to be the reason for differences between him and the government.

Who is Jagdeep Dhankhar?

Dhankhar belongs to the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. He was born on 18 May 1951 into a normal farmer family. He received early education from his village and then enrolled in Sainik School, Chittorgarh. He was also selected for the National Defense Academy (NDA), but he chose not to go there. After this he completed his graduation and then LLB from Rajasthan University. After this, he started practicing law while living in Jaipur.

How has his political career been?

70-year-old Jagdeep Dhankhar has also been the Governor of West Bengal. He was appointed the 28th Governor of Bengal by the then President Ram Nath Kovind on 30 July 2019. Earlier, he was an MP from the Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha seat from 1989 to 1991. During this period, he also served as a Union Minister in the governments of VP Singh and Chandrashekhar.