New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- As the 15th Vice Presidential contest is set to begin, Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that the country awaits an address from former Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar, who resigned on July 21, citing health reasons.

However, Ramesh argued that Dhankar's "unprecedented and unexpected" resignation was after he raised concerns about neglect of farmers by the Narendra Modi government in the centre.

"For 50 days now, Jagdeep Dhankar has maintained an uncharacteristic silence. Today as the election for his successor gets underway, the nation continues to wait for him to speak out after his unprecedented and unexpected resignation as VP following the expression of his concerns on the deep neglect ...