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Jagdeep Dhankhar's Resignation Row: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey on Tuesday attacked Congress over its stand on Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as the Vice President, citing the health of the Rajya Sabha chairman. The senior BJP leader cited Bollywood actor Kader Khan to "shame" the grand old party. He said the Congress is materialising the character of Khader Khan in the movies.

The BJP MP highlighted Congress' attempt to remove Dhankar from the Rajya Sabha Chairperson by moving an impeachment motion in the Parliament. The Opposition should have considered his health at least, he asserted.

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Dubey wrote on X, "फ़िल्म में कादर खान जी का रोल विपक्ष चरितार्थ कर रहा है. NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Indian opposition parties moved on Tuesday to impeach Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a spokesman said, accusing him of being partisan in his role as chairman of parliament's upper house, in a first such move in the country's history. Dhankhar's office did not respond to a request for comment. अभी उनको हटाने का प्रस्ताव लेकर आए थे, कम से कम व्यक्ति के स्वास्थ्य का तो ख़याल रखिए."

Far Deeper Reasons For Dhankhar's Resignation As Vice President: Congress

Meanwhile, Mallikarjun Kharge's party claimed that there are "far deeper reasons" for Dhankhar's resignation as the Vice President than the health reasons cited by him, and said his resignation speaks highly of him but poorly of those who got him elected to the post.

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Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Dhankhar chaired the Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha at 12.30 pm on Monday.

"It was attended by most members, including Leader of the House JP Nadda and the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju. After some discussion, the BAC decided to meet again at 4:30 PM," he pointed out in a post on X. At 4:30 pm, the BAC reassembled under the chairmanship of Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar, Ramesh said.

"It waited for Shri Nadda and Shri Rijiju to arrive. They never came. Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar was not personally informed that the two senior Ministers were not attending. Rightly he took umbrage and rescheduled the BAC for today at 1 PM," Ramesh claimed.
So "something very serious" happened yesterday between 1 PM and 4:30 PM to account for the deliberate absence of Nadda and Rijiju from the second BAC yesterday, he said in a post on Tuesday.

"Now in a truly unprecedented move, Shri Jagdeep Dhankar has resigned. He has given health reasons for doing so. Those should be respected. But it is also a fact that there are far deeper reasons for his resignation," Ramesh claimed.

What Constitution Says On VP Election

With Dhankhar quitting as the Vice President, the election to appoint his successor will have to be held "as soon as possible". According to Clause 2 of Article 68 of the Constitution, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of the vice president occurring due to his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise will be held "as soon as possible" after it goes vacant. The person elected to fill the vacancy will be entitled to hold office "for the full term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office".

(With agencies inputs)

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