India, July 22 -- President Droupadi Murmu has accepted Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation from the post of Vice President on India on Tuesday. The letter has also been notified by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari, who was in the Chair, announced on Tuesday that Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation as Vice President of India has been accepted by the President.

The Chair added that Home Affairs ministry has also conveyed the resignation of Dhankhar under 67A of the Constitution with "immediate effect."

Jagdeep Dhankar resigned from the post of VP on Monday evening by invoking Article 67(a) of the constitution. In his resignation letter, Dhankhar cited medical reasons and said he will be stepping down from the post to "priorit...