Upper House sitting hours dropped on former V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar's watch

Former Vice-President (V-P) Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned on July 21 with 751 days remaining in his tenure, citing health reasons. Before Dhankhar, two V-Ps — V V Giri in 1969 and R Venkataraman in 1987 — resigned from office before completing their term.  As a chair of the Rajya Sabha (RS), Dhankhar’s legacy is a mixed bag. While the average number of hours the RS functioned  during his tenure was lower than his two predecessors, the upper house exceeded 100 per cent of its scheduled time during the Budget sessions of 2024 and 2025.