Jaswant Singh may meet CM on August 6

NDA vice-presidential candidate Jaswant Singh is likely to meet Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on August 6, seeking her support for his candidature.

As per the tentative schedule, the CM is arriving here from Kodanadu in the afternoon and Jaswant Singh is likely to meet her in the evening and hold discussions.

After Jayalalithaa and her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik proposed the name of former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma for the presidency, BJP leader L K Advani called on Jayalalithaa at the Secretariat and said that AIADMK and BJP would co-ordinate on the presidential elections. Later, the BJP extended support to Sangma.

In this backdrop, NDA is hopeful of getting the support of AIADMK for Jaswant Singh.