Overview
- Making his first public address since resigning on July 21, the former vice president headlined the Bhopal launch of RSS leader Manmohan Vaidya’s book Hum Aur Yeh Vishwa.
- He hailed the RSS as “the most stabilising force” and said the book dismantles myths portraying the organisation as ultra-right or anti-minority.
- Urging people not to get trapped in a “chakravyuh” of narratives, he said “I am not giving my example,” and added that duty outweighs catching flights, citing his “recent past.”
- No BJP minister or state representative received him at Bhopal’s airport, prompting Congress leader Digvijaya Singh to call it a violation of VIP protocol.
- Dhankhar has not detailed why he quit mid-term; some insiders have suggested a breakdown with the government, a view Amit Shah has rejected by saying the resignation was for medical reasons.