5 Reasons Why VP Dhankhar Suddenly Resigned

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00:00Dear viewers, imagine this.

00:02The Vice President of India walks into Parliament one morning,

00:05conducts business as usual,

00:08then by the evening, drops a resignation letter that sends shockwaves through Delhi.

00:13No farewell speeches, no slow goodbye,

00:15just a quiet, calculated exit that left even senior ministers scrambling.

00:20This wasn't about a frail man stepping down because of age.

00:24This was about power, pressure and a man

00:27who decided he wouldn't just sit quietly and nod along.

00:31Behind that resignation were heated backroom arguments,

00:33a bold move that blindsided the government

00:36and a party machinery desperate to stay in control.

00:40Hello, I am Tejas and you're watching Lokman Times.

00:42Today, we are cutting through the noise to unpack

00:44the five real reasons why Jagdeep Dhanakad resigned

00:48so suddenly becoming the first Vice President to step down midterm in decades.

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01:02So let's get started.

01:03The first reason, the impeachment flashpoint.

01:06Dhanakad's last big move was accepting the impeachment motion

01:10against Justice Yashwant Verma in the Rajya Sabha.

01:14The government wanted to handle it in the Lok Sabha first,

01:17probably to keep the optics and control in their court.

01:20Dhanakad pulled the rug.

01:22He accepted the motion in the upper house,

01:24a move that surprised many in the ruling party.

01:27Why does it matter?

01:28Because this was the kind of institutional friction

01:31that doesn't usually leak out.

01:33But when it does,

01:34it shows how thin the eyes can get

01:37between the government and its own Vice President.

01:40The impeachment move was tied to a judge

01:42who was already in the news over cash recovery allegations.

01:45But Dhanakad siding with the opposition on this

01:48sent a clear message.

01:50He would not be a rubber stamp.

01:51The second reason, the silent snub.

01:54A few hours before he resigned,

01:56Senior Minister Kiran Rijiju and J.P. Nadda

01:59skipped a Business Advisory Committee meeting

02:01chaired by Dhanakad.

02:03They did not inform him directly.

02:05They just did not show up.

02:06It may seem minor,

02:07but in Delhi, absence can speak louder than any statement.

02:11For Dhanakad, this was a public snub.

02:14A Vice President does not get ignored in meetings

02:16unless the message is deliberate.

02:18Sources close to the matter said that this was the moment

02:21he decided that he would not be a part of a system

02:24that no longer respected his position.

02:27Reason No. 3

02:28The Age Factor

02:29RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat's remarks about leaders

02:32stepping down at 75 did not come out of nowhere.

02:35They were timed.

02:36Dhanakad at 74 was staring at the party's

02:39unofficial retirement policy,

02:41which the RSS wanted to enforce more strictly.

02:44People who have observed the BJP closely

02:46know that these statements are often signals.

02:49Dhanakad's resignation days after the statement

02:52made it clear he either saw the writing on the wall

02:55or chose to leave before being gently pushed out.

02:58Reason No. 4

02:59Health Concerns

03:00Dhanakad wasn't in the pink of health.

03:02An angioplasty in March,

03:04a fainting episode in June,

03:05and repeated medical advice to slow down were weighing on him.

03:10But the kicker is that he was active in parliament

03:12right before resigning,

03:14showing that health was a reason,

03:16but not the only reason.

03:17In his resignation letter,

03:19he mentioned the need to prioritize health.

03:21But insiders suggest that while the medical reasons were valid,

03:24they also offered a respectable exit

03:27for what was, in essence,

03:29a breakdown of trust between him and the ruling establishment.

03:32And the final and fifth reason,

03:35ideological fault lines.

03:37Dhanakad was a man who did not hold back

03:39when it came to criticizing the judiciary,

03:41particularly over the scrapping of the NJAC.

03:44He had made it clear he believed in parliamentary supremacy

03:48and wasn't afraid to say so.

03:50He also kept his doors open for farmers

03:52and publicly pushed for direct subsidies,

03:55positions that made the government uncomfortable.

03:58His vocal stands were starting to cause friction within the BJP,

04:03which prefers its top leaders to toe the party line quietly.

04:07Now what this development really means?

04:09Dhanakad's resignation is more than a personal decision.

04:12It is a mirror reflecting the current state of power dynamics

04:14in India's highest offices.

04:17It shows that the vice president's role,

04:19though largely ceremonial,

04:21can be a source of tension

04:22if the individual occupying it

04:25decides to exercise their limited powers fully.

04:28It also signals a shift in how the BJP handles leaders

04:31who showed too much independence.

04:34By stepping down,

04:35Dhanakad may have preserved his dignity,

04:37but he also exposed the cracks in a system

04:40that likes to project unity.

04:42The resignation came just as parliament's monsoon session began,

04:46adding to the drama

04:47and forcing the government to scramble for a successor

04:51while dealing with the optics

04:53of a top constitutional functionary

04:55exiting in the middle of the proceedings.

04:57Now, what happens next?

04:59The race for the next vice president

05:01will be watched closely,

05:02not because the vice president shapes policy,

05:05but because the person in that chair

05:07can become a symbol

05:08of how the government wants to handle

05:11the balancing act between control

05:13and constitutional independence.

05:15That's all for now.

05:16Do let us know what you think

05:17of VP Dhanakad's sudden resignation

05:20in the comments below

05:21and keep watching Lokman Times

05:22for more such stories.

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