VP Dhankhar Plans To Resume Presiding Over Rajya Sabha From Monday: Congress MP Jairam Ramesh
Jairam Ramesh met Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is recovering from cardiac-related ailments. Dhankhar plans to preside over the Rajya Sabha from March 17.
New Delhi, Mar 15 (PTI) Congress' chief whip in the Rajya Sabha, Jairam Ramesh, called on Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday and said the Rajya Sabha Chairman is planning to resume presiding over the Upper House from March 17.
The Congress general secretary's meeting with Dhankhar comes after he was discharged from AIIMS-Delhi on Wednesday.
Dhankhar was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on March 9 following cardiac-related ailments.
"Called on the Hon'ble Vice President at his residence today. Glad that he has recovered speedily and is planning to resume presiding over the Rajya Sabha from Monday March 17th," Ramesh said in his post on X.
आज माननीय उपराष्ट्रपति जी से उनके निवास पर मुलाकात हुई। यह जानकर खुशी हुई कि वे तेजी से स्वस्थ हो रहे हैं और आगामी सोमवार, 17 मार्च से राज्यसभा की कार्यवाही की अध्यक्षता पुनः संभालने के लिए तैयार हैं। pic.twitter.com/JF9Xo70yTk
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 15, 2025
Upon his discharge from AIIMS, Dhankhar had been advised to take adequate rest for the next few days.
Cong flagging threats to economy, when will PM listen: Jairam Ramesh
The Congress on Saturday said it has flagged a decade-long real income stagnation, a consumption boom entirely driven by the expansion of credit and deepening inequality as the three threats to the economy, and wondered what will it take for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hear them.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh cited the remarks of Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investments, Saurabh Mukherjea, to press his argument.
"In a podcast interview, Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investments, the well-known Saurabh Mukherjea has identified three threats to the Indian economy which the Congress has been flagging for months," Ramesh said in a post on X.
In a podcast interview, Chief Investment Officer of Marcellus Investments, the well-known Saurabh Mukherjea has identified three threats to the Indian economy which @INCIndia has been flagging for months –
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 15, 2025
1. A pernicious, decade long real income stagnation for the majority of…
He said Mukherjea has identified "a pernicious, decade long real income stagnation for the majority of India's working people" and a "consumption boom which is entirely driven by the expansion of credit and is therefore highly unsustainable".
The Congress leader said that Mukherjea had also flagged deepening inequality, with the elites expanding their wealth at rapid rates while the middle classes stagnate.
"Every serious economic commentator and analyst has more or less endorsed these same views. What will it take for the Prime Minister to hear them?" Ramesh said.
Last week, the Congress had cited an IMF report to flag "tepid" private investment growth in India. The opposition party had said the way out of the current "economic slump" requires measures to boost consumption, enhancing policy predictability and rationalising trade policy.
The Congress has been attacking the government over its handling of the economy, claiming the issues of rising prices, decreasing private investment and stagnating wages were hitting the common people hard.
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)
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