{"id":5619,"date":"2025-07-22T05:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T00:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5619"},"modified":"2025-08-01T07:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T02:03:29","slug":"vice-president-of-india-jagdeep-dhankhar-resigned-from-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=5619","title":{"rendered":"Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">New Delhi. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from office on Monday, citing health concerns and the need to follow medical advice. His resignation, addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, comes into effect immediately under Article 67(a) of the Constitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">In his resignation letter, Dhankhar said, \u201cTo prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as the Vice President of India, effective immediately.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">The 72-year-old, who also served as Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, expressed gratitude to the President for her \u201cunwavering support\u201d and the \u201cwonderfully harmonious working relationship\u201d they shared during his tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers, Dhankhar said, \u201cPrime Minister\u2019s cooperation and support have been invaluable, and I have learned much during my time in office.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">He also acknowledged the trust and warmth extended by Members of Parliament, calling it a \u201ccherished memory.&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\">Reflecting on his time in office, Dhankhar said it had been a privilege to witness India\u2019s economic growth and transformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 17px;\"> \u201cServing in this transformative era of our nation\u2019s history has been a true honour,\u201d he noted. \u201cAs I leave this esteemed office, I am filled with pride in Bharat\u2019s global rise and phenomenal achievements and hold unwavering confidence in her brilliant future.\u201d Dhankhar\u2019s resignation came on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_250722_054548_071.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi. Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from office on Monday, citing health concerns and the need to follow medical advice. His resignation, addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, comes into effect immediately under Article 67(a) of the Constitution. In his resignation letter, Dhankhar said, \u201cTo prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newspaper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dhankar_1753115078423.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5621,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5619\/revisions\/5621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}