PM Modi’s post on Dhankhar’s resignation ‘revealed its political nature’: Gaurav Gogoi

GUWAHATI: Deputy Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s social media post on Jagdeep Dhankhar’s exit as vice president showed “the political nature of the resignation.”Notably, Gogoi did not mention Dhankhar’s name in his post on X.

“The dignity of a Constitutional post should be maintained both in it’s (sic) role of a Presiding Officer and in it’s (sic) resignation. PM Modi’s tweet has revealed the political nature of the resignation,” Gogoi wrote.Dhankhar’s decision to resign as Vice President has triggered a firestorm of speculation on whether there was more to it than “to prioritise health care”, as his sudden move had capped a day of events in Rajya Sabha on his watch which took the government by surprise and put it in a damage-control modeThe usual effusive praise that is showered on an occupant of a high office on his departure was missing from the ruling alliance’s side, an indication that the government was probably happy to see him go.

However, it was the opposition, which had signed a notice to impeach Dhankhar last year for his alleged biases, that had nice words for him.