Naveen Patnaik, Jayalalithaa keep options open on supporting Modi

Senior BJD leader Jay Panda said the matter needs to be discussed within the party and a call on this will be taken by the party supremo.

“On this issue, Pravat Tripathi has suggested that conditional support can be given but this is an issue which needs discussion inside the party and ultimately the party leaders and president Naveen Patnaik will take the final call,” Panda said.

Jayalalithaa, when asked in Chennai whether AIADMK would give support to NDA, said, “I am waiting for the results to be declared day after tomorrow, on May 16, as eagerly as every other citizen of this country. There is nothing more I can say now. Let us wait for the results. Then I will give you my comments.”

Asked about the possibility of Third Front which she had earlier tried to build, she said, “I cannot make any remark on any other subject.”