The government has decided on AIADMK leader M Thambidurai for the post of deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, it is learnt. The post was lying vacant since the election of senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan as Speaker of the House. The move to give the post to AIADMK is seen as a goodwill gesture towards Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalitha and also a bid to split the opposition ranks.
Thambidurai is leader of AIADMK in the House and has been holding the post since the 9th Lok Sabha. He was Deputy Speaker from 1985 to 1989 and held Cabinet as well as minister of state portfolios from 1998 to 1999. He joined the lower House in the 8th Lok Sabha and was subsequently elected to the 9th, 12th and 15th houses. He has been serving as leader of AIADMK in Lok Sabha since 2009.
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