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Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as Vice President of India late Monday night created a rare mid-term vacancy for the key Constitutional post, setting in motion the political process to elect his successor. Dhankar is the third Vice President in India's history to resign before completing his term after VV Giri and R Venkataraman. However, Giri and Venkataraman had stepped down to contest presidential elections.
Since the Vice President is also the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh will take over that part of his duties-running the House. His name is also one of the many doing the rounds for the second top Constitutional post of t...