YSR Congress to support BJP’s presidential nominee

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said his party would offer support to any candidate that the BJP fields in the coming presidential election.

Mr. Reddy told this to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting with him that lasted for over half an hour at the latter’s official residence here.

“We will support any candidate the BJP fields as we have very less differences in opinion. Except for differences on the land acquisition bill and special status for Andhra Pradesh, we share similar opinions on various issues, which we think are pro-people,” he said.

“Also, the BJP has enough support for its candidate to win. Opposing their candidate and fielding another will not make sense,” he said.