Tamil Nadu may acquire its first vice president if Chief Minister M Karunanidhi has his way.

While the DMK and AIADMK are blaming each other for Kalam’s (who is from Tamil nadu) impending exit from the presidential palace, the prospects of DMK leader K Anbazhagan as the UPA candidate for vice president’s post have brighten, according to political observers.

It is known that it was as early as in May that Mr Karunanidhi suggested the name of his Finance Minister Anbazhagan to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi when she and PM Manmohan Singh were in Chennai.

“We will support you for president, support us for the post of vice president” appears to be the deal worked out between the DMK and Congress. The DMK supported the candidature of CPI leader D Raja for the Rajya Sabha and is likely to get the Left’s backing for its vice president’s post.

Mr Anbazhagan was initially with the DK and then with DMK since its founding days. A staunch Karunanidhi loyalist, he is the senior most leader in the party and has been a cabinet minister four times, and is now the finance minister of Tamil Nadu.