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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday took potshots at the BJP-led government over "silence" of Jagdeep Dhankar, whose resignation on health grounds necessitated Vice Presidential election.
Yadav said "no health bulletin" has been issued since his resignation. He claimed people do not know whereabouts of Dhankhar and asked if he has been put under "house arrest" so that the real reason for his resignation does not come out. "Was Jagdeep Dhankhar really ill or was he made ill, he conducted the House very well until the evening. Now where is he? No one knows, no health bulletin has been issued, nor has anything been released, has he been placed under house arrest so that the real reason doesn't come out..." Yadav told reporters here. He also spoke of party's preparations for Bihar assembly polls. "We are getting forms filled for the Mai Behan Maan scheme and will implement it once the government is formed. We want to tell people to participate enthusiastically in it... If we are getting forms filled, our workers are being arrested. What illegal work are we doing? Scaring and threatening our workers won't work," Yadav said. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate CP Radhakrishnan was on Tuesday elected as the 15th Vice President of the country. Radhakrishnan defeated opposition nominee Justice B Sudershan Reddy by 152 votes. Radhakrishnan received 452 first preference votes whereas the opposition candidate Justice B Sudershan Reddy received 300 first preference votes. Fifteen votes were considered invalid. "NDA nominee CP Radhakrishnan got 452 first preference votes. He has been elected as the Vice President of India... Justice Sudershan Reddy secured 300 first preference votes," Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody said at a press conference. The Vice President's seat has been vacant since July 21, 2025, as Dhankhar resigned from his position, citing health reasons. (ANI)
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