Vice President jagdeep dhankhar has resigned from his post late on monday evening. He has cited health reasons behind the resignation. The resignation of the Vice President has come at a time when the monsoon session of parliament had just started. Let us tell you, this is the second biggest constitutional post in india after the President. In such a situation, it is important to know that if a Vice President resigns from his post, when and how are the next elections held? What is its process and who handles this post until a new Vice President is elected?
This post is very important
According to the indian Constitution, the post of the Vice President of the country is very important. This is the second biggest constitutional post in the country and when the post of President is vacant, the Vice President takes over its responsibility. Not only this, the Vice President is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
How is the Vice President elected?
The Vice President is elected by the MPs of both the Houses of parliament, lok sabha and Rajya Sabha. That is, the elected and nominated members of lok sabha and rajya sabha also participate in this election. During this election, a special kind of voting takes place, which is called Single Transferable Vote System. During this, the voter has to cast only one vote, but he has to decide the priority based on his choice.
In how many days the election has to be conducted
According to the rules, if the Vice President of the country resigns from his post or due to some reasons he is not in the post, then it is necessary to conduct a formal election within 60 days of his resignation to fill the vacancy of the post. According to the rules of the Constitution, during this period the Deputy Chairman of rajya sabha takes over as the Acting Chairman of the Upper House. Currently this post is held by Harivansh Narayan Singh.
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