Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to become the next Vice President of India, reports suggest. It seems that the ruling Bharatiya Janatha Party is planning to nominate him for the Rajya Sabha and vote for him for a unanimous election as Vice President. The BJP has already begun top-level talks on next year’s presidential and vice-presidential elections.
As per reports, the top leadership of the party is in talks to decide who would be suitable for the two posts. Following the results of the five state elections in February next year, the party will make a final decision on this.
After this election, it will be clear to what extent the BJP will have to depend on which regional parties for the presidential election. Moreover, this election will also have an impact on the BJP Rajya Sabha seats. Depending on that, the strategy to be adopted to elect the Vice President unanimously will be finalized.
However, the President has to rely on the legislators for the election, while the Vice President has to rely only on the strength of the members of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.