Kejriwal calls on VP Jagdeep Dhankhar ahead of monsoon session

Former Delhi chief minister and AAP Convenor Arvind Kejriwal called on Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar at his enclave on Sunday.

Kejriwal was accompanied by AAP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh during the meeting with Dhankhar, a day ahead of the beginning of Parliament’s monsoon session.

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The VP’s official handle on social media platform X, read,”Former Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, Shri Arvind Kejriwal ji along with Floor Leader of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Rajya Sabha, Shri Sanjay Singh ji, called on the Hon’ble Vice-Presidentof India, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Vice-President’s Enclave today.”

The AAP chief, taking to social media, shared, “Called on Hon’ble Vice President of India to enquire about his health. I pray to God for his long and healthy life. ”

Earlier, there were speculations that Kejriwal would opt to go to the Rajya Sabha after AAP leader Sanjeev Arora, who clinched victory in the Ludhiana West assembly by-polls, had resigned from the lower house. However, the AAP chief put an end to all the speculations with a clarification in June that he was not going to the RS, and that the party will decide on an appropriate candidate soon.

Meanwhile, Singh, who is the floor leader of the party in the Rajya Sabha, attended the all-party meeting held a day ahead of the monsoon session. He has announced that the party would demand answers to the Pahalgam terror attack, adding that he raised several key issues on behalf of his party in the meeting.