Is this man the next vice president of India?

Hamid Ansari's term has already been extended once and the BJP has no plans to grant him another extension.

The term of the vice president will end this year and the BJP has already started discussing who the next person would be. There has been a name in circulation for sometime and according to sources, Hukumdev Narayan Yadav could be a front-runner to the post of vice president.

Hamid Ansari's term has already been extended once and the BJP has no plans to grant him another extension. In some quarters, Yadav's name has been doing the rounds. He is a BJP MP and a former Union minister and represents the Madhubani constituency in Bihar.

His OBC credentials are one of the main factors why the BJP is suggesting his name. The BJP has been battling allegations of being anti-poor and in such a scenario, Yadav's appointment as VP is likely to help the BJP.

Yadav is known for his speeches in the Lok Sabha. He is very appreciative of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has defended the party several times successfully in Parliament.

Yadav joined the BJP in 1993. He has held several portfolios in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. He has been the minister of agriculture, surface transport and shipping.

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