NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will meet Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in Srinagar on Wednesday to seek the support of law-makers from the state for the July 17 election.
Mehbooba, who was not present when Kovind filed his nomination papers, will convene a meeting of MPs and MLAs from the state at her residence, which will be addressed by the former Bihar governor and Dalit activist, BJP sources said. Her party, the PDP, has assured the BJP, with which it shares power in the state, of its support.
Kovind will be accompanied by Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu and the party's general secretary, Ram Madhav. The ex-Rajya Sabha member will meet NDA MPs and MLAs from Haryana and Punjab in Panchkula, Haryana, on Thursday.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and BJP's general secretary Anil Jain will be among the leaders who will be with Kovind in the Haryana town, the sources added.