On this, Dhankhar informed the House about the notice of opposition MPs, after which the matter increased so much that Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice President late in the evening.
Jagdeep Dhankhar surprised everyone by announcing his resignation from the post of Vice President around 9:30 pm on Monday night. The reason for his resignation of Dhankar was given his poor health. President Draupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice President on Tuesday. Dhankhar explained the reason for his resignation from the Vice President to his health, but is it not just so much?
To understand the resignation of Dhankhar, one should look at the proceedings of the first day of the monsoon session and the timeline of the meeting. As soon as the session proceedings in the Rajya Sabha started, Dhankar greeted Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge for his birthday. At the same time, paid tribute to the late MPs and administered the oath of Rajya Sabha membership to five new MPs. Then at two o’clock in the afternoon, Congress Rajya Sabha MPs Jairam Ramesh and Nasir Hussain went to Jagdeep Dhankhar’s office, which became the reason for their resignation from the post of Vice President.
Government did not get a glimpse of opposition’s bet
The Modi government had planned to present a impeachment motion against Justice Verma in both houses of Parliament. For this, the government had also interacted with the opposition. Jagdeep Dhankhar had opened a front for the last several days about the judiciary. Justice had openly spoken about strict action against Yashwant Verma. Dhankhar had wished to become the face of action against Justice Verma as an advocate along with the Vice President. Realizing this, the Congress woven political tanabana, which was commanded by party MPs Jairam Ramesh and Nasir Hussain.
Jairam Ramesh and Nasir Hussain had signed a proposal to remove Justice Verma from more than 50 Rajya Sabha MPs of the opposition. The Congress proposed against Justice Yashwant Verma without getting the BJP in the Rajya Sabha. Jairam and Nasir reached Jagdeep Dhankhar’s office with a proposal made by 63 MPs of the opposition at around 2.15 pm on Monday afternoon, where they handed over to their private secretary.
Dhankhar informed the house
The government was preparing for impeachment against Yashwant Verma that the opposition submitted a proposal to Jagdeep Dhankhar. After this, Dhankar informed the House about the notice of opposition MPs. Along with this, he told about the process of notice and asked the Law Minister to confirm whether such a notice has been given in the lower house also in the Lok Sabha. The important thing is that he also announced that he has investigated the notice given for impeachment motion against Justice Shekhar Yadav and found that a opposition MP has signed it twice.
Credit of impeachment
Dhankhar further said that he is in the process of certifying all other signatures and as soon as it is complete, they will inform the House. Interestingly, Jagdeep Dhankhar had made this announcement before the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla announced about the impeachment motion given by the government.
However, when Jagdeep Dhankhar raised and accepted the opposition’s proposal during the BAC meeting, the government was surprised. He said that he will discuss it the next day i.e. at 1 pm on Tuesday. The signs of Jagdeep Dhankhar were clear that the impeachment process against Justice Yashwat Verma should start in the Rajya Sabha. With this, the opposition shook the credit for the Modi government. In the Lok Sabha, the government was preparing to hand over the ruling party and opposition MPs to the Lok Sabha speaker, while the notice was taken in the Rajya Sabha.
BJP angry with Dhankhar’s attitude
JP Nadda and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiran Rijiju did not attend the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee. When the Chairman asked why Nadda and Rijiju did not attend the meeting? BJP MP L Murugan replied that I have received the message that they would not be able to attend the meeting. If sources are to be believed, Chairman Dhankhar was angry with this. He said Murugan that why did the two leaders not tell me that they are not coming?
At the same time, both the government and BJP were angry with Jagdeep Dhankhar due to the opposition’s proposal being taken on notice. The last reason for the resignation from the post of Vice President was Dhankhar’s telephone conversation with a senior minister on Monday evening, in which he was questioned that why did he accept the impeachment motion presented by more than 63 opposition MPs against Justice Verma? In response to this, Dhankar said to accept the notice by citing his constitutional rights as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
What is the wealthy stuck in the stakes of Congress?
In December last year, the Congress came up with a motion of no confidence to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar from the Vice President. Jairam Ramesh had said that all the parties related to the India alliance have no option but to formally introduce a no -confidence motion against the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha as they are conducting the Rajya Sabha proceedings in a partisan manner. This is a more painful decision, but he has to take this step in the interest of parliamentary democracy. Now the same Congress is starting to like Dhankar, because he accepted the proposal of the opposition before the government.
Jairam Ramesh said that Jagdeep Dhankhar was very conscious of norms, dignities and rules and believed that these rules were constantly being disregarded during his tenure. Dhankhar always praised India after 2014, but also raised open voice for the interests of farmers. He criticized the growing ego in public life and emphasized the need for accountability and restraint of the judiciary. As far as possible, he tried to give a place to the opposition.
In fact, after March, Jagdeep Dhankhar was trying to make his relationship with the opposition to prove that he is not biased as the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. For this, along with Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress’s Jairam Ramesh and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari are now raising questions about why Jagdeep Dhankhar suddenly resigned and urged the government to convince him to withdraw the resignation.
How the relationship of Dhankar deteriorated with the government
Jagdeep Dhankhar became the Vice President of India in the year 2022. Since then, he remained in constant discussion. Are. After Justice Yashwant Verma’s case came to light, a front was opened to restore an organization like Dhankhar NGAC. At the same time, the government was clearly not in the mood to offend the judiciary by any step like NJAC. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently said in a channel program that there is no such proposal of the government. Even after this, Jagdeep was constantly making public statements on this issue of Dhankhar.
Dhankhar was also repeatedly criticizing why no FIR has been filed against Justice Yashwant Verma so far. It was going beyond his jurisdiction of his Vice President. The government was not happy with the political stand of Dhankhar. Due to this, Dhankhar was exercising to improve his partisan image, taking advantage of which Jairam Ramesh prepared to bring a proposal against Justice Yashwant Verma. Jairam Ramesh was successful in convincing Dhankhar in explaining that if the impeachment in the Rajya Sabha was done in the Rajya Sabha instead of the Lok Sabha, then he would get his credit. It is believed that Dhankar came in this stake of Congress and lost the chair of Vice President.