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VP Dhankar resignation
July 24 , 2025
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- The Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation has triggered a mid-term vacancy, marking only the third such event in India's history.
- Earlier V.V. Giri and R. Venkataraman had stepped down to contest presidential elections.
- They were succeeded by Gopal Swarup Pathak and Shankar Dayal Sharma, respectively.
- The Constitution does not provide for an acting Vice-President.
- However, since the Vice-President is also the ex officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Deputy Chairman will preside over the House in his absence.
- In the case of the President, the Constitution requires that a vacancy be filled within six months.
- But for a Vice-Presidential vacancy, there is no such fixed deadline.
- The only requirement is that the election be held “as soon as possible” after the post falls vacant.
- The Election Commission will announce the schedule.
- The poll is conducted under the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952.
- As per the convention, the Secretary General of either House of Parliament is appointed as the Returning Officer, in rotation.
- The elected candidate will serve a full five-year term from the date of assuming office — not just the remainder of Dhankhar’s tenure.
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