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color: #fff\">Exactly 10 minutes before the deadline, a sealed envelope was delivered to the Rajya Sabha Secretariat<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"9eb3edd7-803d-4a38-a3e4-c7215351d245\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-17af9938-8482-4a58-8af8-35ada2c46ca2\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":0,\"duration\":2000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-e8833ee7-ff0a-45d8-9776-728d25c164f6\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-fc6da840-2403-4f4a-a882-70ba9cb994c8\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(0px, 135.54176%, 0)\",\"translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)\"]},\"delay\":300,\"duration\":1000,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\" style=\"background-color:#000\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:0;top:-9.25926%;width:100%;height:118.51852%;opacity:1\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-3d0814e3-d448-4fbe-bf68-2044377ba53a\">\n<div class=\"fill\" style=\"will-change:transform\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><amp-story-grid-layer template=\"vertical\" aspect-ratio=\"412:618\" class=\"grid-layer\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"page-fullbleed-area\">\n<div class=\"page-safe-area\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:-9.2233%;width:88.34951%;height:76.53722%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-17af9938-8482-4a58-8af8-35ada2c46ca2\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" class=\"mask\" id=\"el-293803e8-2d5b-4a56-87ba-29f9e11b9adc\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;width:231.01345%;height:100%;left:-65.50673%;top:0%\" data-leaf-element=\"true\"><amp-img layout=\"fill\" src=\"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jagdip-dhankar-vice-president-during-energy-conservation-award-at-new-delhi-on-december-17-2024-ph-222751110-16x9-0.webp\" alt=\"\" disable-inline-width=\"true\"><\/amp-img><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;pointer-events:none;left:11.65049%;top:73.94822%;width:82.03883%;height:26.05178%;opacity:1\">\n<div id=\"anim-e8833ee7-ff0a-45d8-9776-728d25c164f6\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:0;--initial-transform:none\">\n<div id=\"anim-fc6da840-2403-4f4a-a882-70ba9cb994c8\" class=\"animation-wrapper\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;--initial-opacity:1;--initial-transform:translate3d(0px, 135.54176%, 0)\">\n<div style=\"pointer-events:initial;width:100%;height:100%;display:block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;z-index:0\" id=\"el-9a948df2-a5ae-49dc-bf79-578cc49a44cc\">\n<h2 class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:1.6020710059171595% 0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.485437em;line-height:1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; 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