new delhi after a tiff with ally jdu over declaring the partys views on the presidential elections bjp got into a damage control exercise initiated by senior bjp leader l k advani after which leader of opposition in lok sabha sushma swaraj spoke to jdu chief sharad yadav in parliament on wednesday morning nda leaders are likely to meet later this week to discuss the presidential elections for the first time among themselves a day after differences surfaced in the nda swaraj on wednesday met yadav who is also the nda convenor and is believed to have cleared issues between the two parties that had generated some differences of opinion about the presidential elections sources said the meeting came about after senior bjp leader l k advani expressed the view that nda should not appear to be divided on the presidential candidate differences surfaced in nda on tuesday over swarajs remarks about opposing congress candidates including finance minister pranab mukherjee and vice president hamid ansari for the rashtrapati bhawan yadav objected to her statement saying it was not his partys views and the issue had so far not been discussed between nda partners after the meeting between swaraj and yadav both parties agreed to air their views only after a meeting of the nda is held to discuss the presidential polls bjp chief nitin gadkari while addressing reporters in indore on wednesday also spoke of approaching some upa constituents to discuss a possible presidential candidate he complained that the government had not consulted his party the principal opposition so far on the issue had it come up with a name of a person who is independent impartial and fair to reach a consensus bjp would have considered it he said bjp feels that though the party itself does not have the numbers to put up its own candidate the congress too is not comfortable with numbers for its own party candidate which is why it is talking of a consensus candidate congress today said it will hold talks with bjp to build a consensus on the presidential candidate but made it clear that the party was not afraid of contest it is always nicer when we get consensus and could move together otherwise no one is afraid of any contest we hope to have a consensus that is our aspiration if that does not happen then there are other options as per the book party spokesperson renuka chowdhary told reporters here she was responding to questions on whether congress is ruling out contest for the top job by repeatedly stressing on its desire for widest possible consensus on the issue asked whether congress was open to talking to bjp to forge a consensus chowdhary said you do not achieve anything by not being open our hands are always extended we never said we will not talk to them bjp we will definitely talk to bjp