Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan met President draupadi murmu on tuesday (22 July 2025). The Deputy Chairman's meeting with the President within 24 hours of jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation from the post of Vice President is being considered important in many ways.
Will Harivansh Narayan get a big responsibility?
According to the rules, after the post of rajya sabha Chairman became vacant, Harivansh Narayan has taken over the responsibility of Acting Chairman. In such a situation, speculation about making him Vice President has also intensified. After the resignation of jagdeep dhankhar, discussions have started on possible faces across the country regarding the next Vice President. Harivansh Narayan is now considered to be at the forefront in this race.
Rashtrapati Bhavan shared a picture of the meeting and wrote on X, "Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh met President draupadi murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan." Dhankhar suddenly resigned on the first day of the monsoon session of parliament, after which Harivansh Narayan conducted the proceedings of the morning session in the rajya sabha on Tuesday.
Opposition expressed surprise at Dhankhar's resignation
A day after jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation from the post of Vice President, many opposition leaders on tuesday expressed surprise at this move and speculation continues about the reasons for the resignation. The congress said that the government should clarify why jagdeep dhankhar resigned from the post of Vice President?
Congress Organization General Secretary KC Venugopal said in the parliament premises, "The government should clarify why the Vice President resigned. I have seen the resignation of the Vice President. He has expressed gratitude to the government, but the government did not comment. The government should have at least thanked him. He deserves it."
Congress General Secretary jairam ramesh said, "Taking a very shocking step, jagdeep dhankhar resigned from his post. He has cited his health as the reason for this. We should respect it, but the truth is also that there are some deeper reasons behind it."
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