'Similar insensitivity on full display after one year': Congress on Dhankhar resignation

Congress on Dhankhar resignation (ANI image)NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticised the Centre on the first anniversary of former Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar's resignation, alleging that he was forced to step down three years into his five-year tenure because he repeatedly spoke about the plight of farmers.In a post on X, Ramesh said Dhankhar was appointed "with great fanfare" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi but was abruptly made to resign after expressing anguish over farmers' distress and what he described as the government's "shocking insensitivity" towards them.The Congress leader said the same "insensitivity and indifference" was now visible in the government's handling of the concerns of lakhs of students and youth, referring to ongoing protests over allege