New Delhi. Jagdeep Dhankhar suddenly resigned from the post of Vice President on Monday night and surprised everyone. Jagdeep Dhankhar has given the reason for leaving the post in the letter of resignation sent to President Draupadi Murmu. Jagdeep Dhankhar was also seriously ill twice this year. He was admitted to Delhi AIIMS due to difficulty in breathing in March. Where he had to install stents. On June 25, Jagdeep Dhankhar suddenly fainted while addressing a program in Nainital, Uttarakhand.
Jagdeep Dhankhar is 74 years old. He will be 75 years old next year. Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected Vice President in August 2022. His term was up to 2027. It was also discussed many times that the BJP will make Jagdeep Dhankhar the next President. The President is to be elected in 2026, but Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice President before that. Jagdeep Dhankhar was the governor of West Bengal before becoming Vice President. He was also in the discussion due to a conflict with CM Mamata Banerjee while the Governor of West Bengal. Apart from this, the opposition as the Chairman of Rajya Sabha was also angry with him many times. A no -confidence motion was also brought against Jagdeep Dhankhar on behalf of the opposition. Even TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee had mimicked Jagdeep Dhankhar in the Parliament House complex and due to this controversy arose.
However, till 8 am on Tuesday morning, the President did not accept Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation from the post of Vice President. This intensified the discussion that efforts are being made by the government to celebrate Jagdeep Dhankhar. Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh posted on X on Monday night and also urged PM Narendra Modi to refuse his resignation from the Vice President by celebrating Jagdeep Dhankhar. The special thing is that till the news was written, no big leader had posted any post on social media on the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar. At the same time, the media quoted BJP sources as saying that the party wants to make a senior and non -controversial leader the Vice President.