VP Dhankhar's resignation News Live Updates: Kapil Sibal praises Jagdeep Dhankhar, calls him 'Proactive Rajya Sabha Chairman'
VP Dhankhar's resignation News Live Updates: Reacting to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal expressed sadness, describing Dhankhar as one of the most "proactive" Chairmen the Rajya Sabha has seen and highlighting their rare personal camaraderie built over four decades. VP Dhankhar's resignation News Live Updates: Reacting to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal expressed sadness, describing Dhankhar as one of the most "proactive" Chairmen the Rajya Sabha has seen and highlighting their rare personal camaraderie built over four decades.Speaking to ANI on Monday, MP Sibal said," I wish him the best of health, because I am saddened, because I have a very good relationship with him. I have known him for 30-40 years. We were paired with each other. We have appeared against each other in matters. We share a unique camaraderie between us. I always respected him, and he always respected me. He has been to some family occasions of ours, and I am saddened and I hope that he is healthy and has a long, long life, and I wish him well."Even as their political views may have diverged, Sibal noted that their personal rapport remained strong. "We may have had differences, in respect to our political views, or on opinions, but at a personal level, we had a very strong bond. Whenever I needed time to speak in the House, I met him personally in his chamber, and he never refused me, and gave me a little more time than is otherwise available to independent members of Parliament." Show more
- Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat, on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation Iran has no plans to abandon its nuclear program, including uranium enrichment, despite "severe" damage to its facilities after US strikes last month, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Monday.For now, enrichment "is stopped because, yes, damages are serious and severe," Araghchi told Fox News' "Special Report with Bret Baier.""But obviously we cannot give up enrichment because it is an achievement of our own scientists," he continued, calling it a source of "national pride."He stressed that any future nuclear deal would have to contain the right to enrichment. Monsoon Session of the Parliament: Rajya Sabha MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh has given Suspension of Business Notice under rule 267 and demand to discuss the concerns arising out of the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Bihar ahead of elections, followed by a plan to conduct similar exercises nation-wide, including in West Bengal, where high levels of migration, displacement, and documentation-related vulnerabilities persist. Such actions raise grave apprehensions about the disenfranchisement of a large section of the poor and marginalized." The German government has confirmed that the Taliban will send two consular officials to Germany to assist with the deportation of Afghan nationals, particularly those convicted of serious crimes and rejected asylum seekers, Khaama Press reported.Government spokesperson Stefan Kornelius stated on Monday that an agreement had been reached to allow "two representatives of the Taliban administration" to operate in consular roles in Germany.Their presence aims to support the repatriation of deported Afghans, especially those involved in serious criminal offences, Khaama Press added.This development follows a report by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, which revealed that Germany's acceptance of the consular officials is linked to the Taliban's cooperation in accepting deportees. Reacting to Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal expressed sadness, describing Dhankhar as one of the most "proactive" Chairmen the Rajya Sabha has seen and highlighting their rare personal camaraderie built over four decades.Speaking to ANI on Monday, MP Sibal said," I wish him the best of health, because I am saddened, because I have a very good relationship with him. I have known him for 30-40 years. We were paired with each other. We have appeared against each other in matters. We share a unique camaraderie between us. I always respected him, and he always respected me. He has been to some family occasions of ours, and I am saddened and I hope that he is healthy and has a long, long life, and I wish him well."Even as their political views may have diverged, Sibal noted that their personal rapport remained strong. "We may have had differences, in respect to our political views, or on opinions, but at a personal level, we had a very strong bond. Whenever I needed time to speak in the House, I met him personally in his chamber, and he never refused me, and gave me a little more time than is otherwise available to independent members of Parliament."
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