Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday recalled listening to about Jagdeep Dhankhar stepping down as Vice President just a few weeks again, and alleged there was an enormous story behind the transfer, and why the chief “was hiding”.
Addressing the media, Gandhi stated: “Simply yesterday I used to be having a dialog with any individual and I stated, you realize, the place is the previous vp gone? He is gone…”
The Congress chief stated he heard concerning the resignation in a cellphone name from Congress chief KC Venugopal and that there was a “large story” behind the transfer. “A few of you may realize it, a few of you won’t realize it, however there is a story behind it, after which there is a story about why he is in hiding,” Gandhi stated.
Questioning why Dhankhar discovered himself ready the place “he can not say a phrase”, Rahul Gandhi additional added, “All of a sudden, the one that used to burst forth within the Rajya Sabha has gone silent, utterly silent. So that is the time we’re residing in.”
Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the put up of Vice President final month “to prioritise well being care and abide by medical recommendation”, triggering a number of theories behind the transfer. Some folks conversant in the matter had stated on the time that Dhankhar had requested some Opposition leaders to provide a discover for the impeachment of justice Yashwant Varma, caught on the centre of the cash-at-home row, within the Rajya Sabha, even because the Centre wished to convey the discover to solely be introduced within the Lok Sabha.
Dhankhar, 74, had been holding the put up of Vice President since 2022 and his tenure was scheduled to finish in 2027.
After the put up fell vacant following Dhankhar’s resignation, Vice President polls have been introduced, scheduled for September 9. Each, the NDA-led authorities, and the Opposition, has named candidates for the elections.
Whereas CP Radhakrishnan, the governor of Maharashtra, is the NDA’s decide, former Supreme Courtroom decide B Sudershan Reddy would be the Opposition’s candidate for the vice-presidential election.
