Advani meets RSS chief

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leader L K Advani met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, a day after the Sangh head appeared to have stepped in to resolve the crisis in the party.

Advani drove down to Keshavkunj, the RSS office here and was closeted with Bhagwat.

At a press conference here yesterday, the RSS chief had sent out a clear message to crisis-ridden BJP to put its house in order by working unitedly and expressed confidence that the party would "rise from the ashes".

Advani's meeting with Bhagwat follows a series discussions senior BJP leaders had with the RSS chief over the past two days.

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar had met Bhagwat yesterday and are understood to have discussed the problems afflicting the party.