LJP will support NDA nominee for presidential poll : Ram Vilas Paswan

NEW DELHI: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today said his party would support the NDA nominee for the presidential poll to be held on July 17.

"Our party has decided to support a presidential candidate chosen by the Prime Minister. Whosoever the Prime Minister names, we will support that person," Paswan told PTI from London.

His LJP is a constituent of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Paswan, a Union minister, is in London for medical treatment. He underwent a heart surgery there and is now recuperating. He will return to India on June 17.

Meanwhile, several opposition leaders met to discuss their presidential poll strategy today as the process started for the filing of nominations for the July 17 election.

A three-member panel of the BJP on the presidential election comprising three Union ministers -- Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and M Venkaiah Naidu -- is slated to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi soon.