India, July 28 -- Vice-presidential retirements are usually sedate footnotes in the news cycle. Jagdeep Dhankhar's sudden resignation, however, feels more like an exclamation mark! Dhankhar spent his tenure as Rajya Sabha Chair tilting unambiguously toward the Treasury benches. From blocking Opposition adjournment motions to expunging critiques of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he wore partisanship on his sleeve.

If there was something that set Jagdeep Dhankhar apart, it was his outspokenness in the House, particularly in countering the criticism of Modi and the BJP. So, his silence now is nothing short of deafening. It might have been this outspokenness that spoiled the show for him.

His recent jaunts without a leash and unchaperoned te...