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As theories float on why Jagdeep Dhankhar resigned from the Vice-President's post, here's the story that reveals what's at the heart of the surprising move. Written not with a hand-on-heart approach. It was a muggy Monday in Delhi, the kind where the air feels like a wet blanket and tempers in the Rajya Sabha run hot as a  tandoor . Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, the man with the gravitas and the serendipitas, is perched in his chair, presiding over the upper house with the patience of a saint and the wit of a seasoned stand-up comic. He is bantering with the treasury benches, throwing shade at the Opposition, adjourning proceedings when the decibel levels hit fish market territory, and calling everyone back when they’ve had enough time to sip their  adrak-wali chai . Just another day in the life of India's Vice-President, no? No. By 10 pm, the Rashtrapati Bhavan drops a bombshell: Dhankhar has resigned. Health grounds. And just like that, the great Indian politica...