Jagdeep Dhankhar resigns as Vice President, cites health concerns

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In a significant development, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar has resigned from his post, citing health reasons. The announcement came on the evening of a day he had been chairing proceedings in the Rajya Sabha.

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00:00More big news now coming in. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned. That's right.

00:06Big story. Jagdeep Dhankar has cited medical reasons. Remember, Jagdeep Dhankar has been in

00:12and out of hospital in recent months. Today the parliament session began, but now comes this

00:18dramatic announcement by Mr. Dhankar that he is resigning. He was chairing the Rajasabha. He's

00:26the chairperson of the Rajasabha. He was out there in the morning holding forth. And now

00:31suddenly at about 9.30 this evening has come the big story that Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned

00:39as Vice President citing medical reasons. We're going to get you more details on that. Remember,

00:45Mr. Dhankar just a month ago had gone on a visit to Uttarakhand and complained of chest pain,

00:52was taken to a hospital. That was not the only occasion. There was a previous occasion a couple

00:59of months ago where similarly he had complained of chest pain. So Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned

01:06on health grounds. That's the big story that's breaking at the moment here on the news today.

01:13Piyush Mishra, my colleague is joining me with that story. Piyush, give us more reason because

01:18only this morning, Mr. Dhankar was conducting the proceedings of the Rajasabha.

01:24Well, certainly in the morning itself he was conducting the proceedings of Rajasabha. And now

01:29what we have told is that he has put down his papers. He has resigned on health grounds. And

01:34his office has also tweeted a notification which says, and I quote, to prioritize health care and

01:41abide by medical advice, I have resigned as the Vice President of India effective immediately.

01:46In accordance with Article 67A of the Constitution, he is also the Vice President of India. The

01:52former who is now former, he has also extended his deepest gratitude to the honorable President

01:58of India for her unbibling support and the soothing, wonderful working relationship as he maintained

02:04during his tenure. Remember this, Rajasabha. In the last few months, we have seen how Jagdeep Dhankar

02:10was in and out of the hospital. He was also admitted in Maine, where top leaders of the

02:15government had also gone to visit him. And during his visits to other parts of the country,

02:19also we have seen, you know, Jagdeep Dhankar falling ill because of that. Now what we are told

02:25is that on health grounds, Jagdeep Dhankar, Vice President, has now resigned from his post. He had,

02:32earlier he served as the governor of West Bengal and since August 2022, he was holding this

02:39constitutional force and today in the morning also, we saw him holding this office. He was conducting

02:45the proceedings of Rajasabha, but now he has resigned and he has also expressed his deep gratitude to the

02:53Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of the Ministry. And he has also added that the Prime Minister's

02:59cooperation and support has been invaluable and he has learned a lot during his time in the office.

03:06He further says, I am deeply thankful for the invaluable experiences and insights I have gained as

03:13Vice President in our great democracy. It has also been privilege and satisfaction to witness and

03:20partake in India's remarkable economic progress. So these are the words which we are right now picking,

03:25you know, according to the resignation letter which has also been uploaded on the website of

03:32Vice President of India and also on the social media account. In the past few time days, we have seen how

03:39Vice President has been in and out of the hospital. He was also, you know, his health, about his health

03:47condition. We have seen how not only Prime Minister, but also the President of India has been taking

03:52information. We also remember that during his last visit to the state of Himachal Pradesh,

03:58Jabir Dhankar has fallen in and now on health grounds, he has resigned from the course of Vice President of India.

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