BJP orchestrated Dhankhar exit over justice Varma: Cong

The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP-led government of orchestrating former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation to maintain control over the Justice Yashwant Varma impeachment process, alleging his only “mistake” was showing independence in constitutional matters.

- Snehashish Roy

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi questioned the government's decision to restart the impeachment motion in the Lok Sabha despite Dhankhar having already initiated the process in the Rajya Sabha, calling it “institutional sabotage and constitutional transgression.”

“His real mistake was the showing of some minimal independence in office,” Singhvi said at a press conference, describing Dhankhar’s resignation as the “wrapping up” of a political exit disguised “as a constitutional lie.”

The party also hit out at the BJP-led NDA government for its “remarkably eloquent silence” on the Justice Varma case, with Singhvi criticising the silence of both Dhankhar and Union minister Kiren Rijiju over recent days as “the most eloquent and telling in itself.”