The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is likely to push the National Democratic Alliance government to make party leader M Thambidurai, who is currently deputy speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Vice President of India.
Senior party leaders have written to AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa with the suggestion to nominate Thambidurai for the post.
Thambidurai is a fifth-time Lok Sabha MP and has been deputy speaker of the House twice. He is, therefore, sound in conducting the proceedings of the House.
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The AIADMK has 37 MPs in the Lok Sabha and 11 in the Rajya Sabha. This is another reason why Jayalalithaa may also be keen to stake a claim.
Vice President Hamid Ansari is retiring in August 2017.
Though almost a year is left for his retirement, the AIADMK has started lobbying for the post in New Delhi.
The issue might come up for a discussion in the next meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Jayalaltiha.
