New Delhi, August 08: Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu will be accorded a farewell in the House on Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top leaders in attendance. Naidu demits office on Wednesday and his successor Jagdeep Dhankhar will take the oath of office on August 11. There will be no sitting of the House on Tuesday and Thursday on account of Muharram and Raksha Bandhan, sources said. There will be another farewell function for Naidu at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium on Monday evening on behalf of all members of the House. The prime minister will present a memento to Naidu while the deputy chairman of Rajya Sabha will deliver the farewell address, they said.
A publication chronicling the tenure of Naidu as the vice president and chairman of Rajya Sabha will be released by the prime minister. This will be followed by dinner. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union minister G Kishan Reddy on Monday called on outgoing Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met separately with Vice President-elect Jagdeep Dhankhar here. Dhankhar shared pictures on Twitter of his interaction with the finance minister. Naidu’s term ends on August 10 and Dhankhar takes oath as the 14th Vice President of India on August 11. Official sources said Birla and Reddy met Naidu this morning at the vice president’s residence.
