Dhankhar got many opportunities to serve country in various capacities: PM Modi
Jagdeep Dhankhar
, who has resigned as vice president on
health grounds
, good health, and said he got many opportunities to serve the country in various capacities.
He said on X, "Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar Ji has got many opportunities to serve our country in various capacities, including as the
Vice President of India
. Wishing him good health."
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medical reasons
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In his resignation letter to President
Droupadi Murmu
, Dhankhar said he was stepping down with immediate effect to "prioritise health care".
"To prioritise health care and abide by medical advice, I hereby resign as Vice President of India, effective immediately, in accordance with Article 67(a) of the Constitution," he said in the letter to the President.
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