India, July 24 -- At least two senior central ministers reached out to former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar after the government found out that he had acknowledged an Opposition-sponsored notice for the impeachment of justice Yashwant Varma and one of them hinted at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's disapproval of the move, but the 74-year-old said he was acting within the rules of the House, people aware of the matter said on Wednesday.

Union health minister and leader of the Rajya Sabha JP Nadda and Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju spoke to Dhankhar on Monday after he spoke in the Rajya Sabha about an impeachment notice against the sitting high court judge signed by 63 members.

"Rijiu told Dhankhar that in the Lok Sabh...