Jagdeep Dhankhar applies for pension, claims MLA benefits in Rajasthan - why it was stopped in 2019

“We received the application two days ago. If elected to any ministerial, gubernatorial, or presidential post, an MLA’s pension gets suspended by the state assembly secretariat. Now, after stepping down from the vice president’s post on July 21, Dhankhar has re-applied for the pension for his previous legislative term in Rajasthan’s Kishangarh from 1993 to 1998,” a spokesperson of the Rajasthan assembly secretariat said.

Earlier, Dhankhar, who represented the Kishangarh assembly constituency as a Congress MLA, received pension as a former legislator until July 2019. It was discontinued after he was appointed the governor of West Bengal on July 20, 2019.

With his tenure as vice president ending following his resignation citing “health issues” on July 21, Dhankhar has applied afresh to the Rajasthan Assembly secretariat seeking the resumption of his pension as a former MLA, the official said.