Perhaps trying to register protest with the Modi regime, Jagdeep Dhankhar seeks pension as a former MLA of Rajasthan

Former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resgined giving a shock to many, has now applied for pension as a former legislator in Rajasthan.

Dhankhar represented the Kishangarh Assembly constituency as a Congress MLA from 1993 to 1998.

He received pension as a former legislator until July 2019. It had to be discontinued after he was appointed the Governor of West Bengal.

In 2022 he moved to New Delhi as India's Vice President but the rest - as they say is - history.

With his tenure as the vice-president ending following his resignation citing "health issues" on July 21 (2025), there came an end to his exciting public life.

Dhankhar has now applied 'afresh' to the Rajasthan Assembly secretariat seeking resumption of his pension as a former MLA. 

The secretariat has initiated the process, and the pension will be applicable from the date his resignation as the vice-president was accepted, officials say.

Dhankhar, now 74, is entitled to Rs 42,000 pension per month as a former legislator, the officials said. 

That means he may not apply for any pension as a former vice president, analysts say. 

Recently Home Minister Amit Shah said there was nothing much about Vice President's resignation.

He has stepped aside on health ground and that must be accepted.