NEW DELHI: In a political twist few noticed coming, Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned because the Vice-President of India on Monday night, citing well being causes, sparking hypothesis throughout get together traces. His resignation letter, addressed to President Droupadi Murmu, talked about “prioritising well being care” as the rationale for stepping down, efficient instantly.However Congress chief Jairam Ramesh isn’t shopping for the easy rationalization.“The sudden resignation of the Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is as surprising as it’s inexplicable,” Jairam Ramesh posted on X. “I used to be with him alongside various different MPs until round 5 pm right now and had spoken to him over the cellphone at 7:30 pm. Clearly, there’s much more to this completely surprising resignation than meets the attention.”Jairam Ramesh added that Dhankhar “took each the federal government and the opposition to process in equal measure” and was scheduled to chair a Enterprise Advisory Committee assembly and announce “main selections associated to the judiciary” on Tuesday. He urged Dhankhar to rethink and referred to as on Prime Minister Modi to intervene, saying, “This might be within the nation’s curiosity.”Medical or political?Dhankhar, 74, had just lately undergone angioplasty at AIIMS Delhi. His resignation got here simply because the Monsoon session of Parliament kicked off, a timing that many, together with Jairam Ramesh, discover curious.As Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Dhankhar had a number of confrontations with the Opposition, which had even moved an unprecedented movement to question him, a primary in unbiased India. That movement was later rejected.Apparently, his exit comes only a day after an Opposition-backed discover to take away Justice Yashwant Varma was submitted within the Rajya Sabha, a transfer Dhankhar had acknowledged within the Home, reportedly catching the federal government off-guard.Uncommon exit mid-termDhankhar now joins V V Giri and R Venkataraman as the one Vice-Presidents in India’s historical past to resign earlier than finishing their time period, although each of his predecessors give up to contest the presidential election. Dhankhar’s resignation, in contrast, has no such political ladder in sight.In his letter, Dhankhar thanked President Murmu, Prime Minister Modi, the council of ministers, and MPs for his or her help. He mirrored on India’s “unprecedented growth” throughout his tenure, calling it “a real honour” to serve throughout what he described as a “transformative period.”