Jagdeep Dhankhar as Vice-President started off on a stormy note by criticising Supreme Court over NJAC judgment
Reportedly jagdeep dhankhar is no stranger to disagreements with the Opposition. On Tuesday, the vice-president became the first person holding one of the top two constitutional posts to data-face the prospect of impeachment as the Opposition submitted a notice to move a no-confidence motion against him, a first in indian parliamentary history.
Perhaps the motion, if introduced, will require the support of a majority of all the members of the Upper house and needs to be agreed to by the Lok Sabha, according to Article 67(b). The motion is expected to be defeated as the Opposition does not have the numbers to push it through. The india bloc has 103 members in the house, plus the support of Independent mp Kapil Sibal. Despite the numbers stacked against it, the Opposition wanted to send the message that it was not being allowed to speak in the house by the presiding officer.
Moreover from the law and order situation in the state and post-poll violence to corruption accusations, alleged lapses in bureaucracy and the appointment of vice-chancellors in state universities, Dhankhar never shied away from criticising the government, which accused him of sitting on important BIlls. The situation took a turn for the worse when the state government in 2022 replaced the governor with the cm as chancellor of state universities.