The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced postponement of most of L K Advani's rallies following advice from the Government to scale down his public appearances in the wake of credible intelligence inputs about a possible terror attack on him.

The rallies over the next month, part of Advani's 'Sankalp Yatra' starting on Wednesday in Jabalpur to highlight the United Progressive Alliance government's failures, have been postponed and will now be rescheduled after March 20.

Wednesday's rally in Jabalpur will, however, be held as scheduled since all preparations have been completed, party leaders said.

The postponement came after National Security Adviser M K Narayanan met Advani on Monday and told him about the threat of a suicide attack. He advised Advani to keep his appearances at public places like rallies to the minimum for about a month.

"We felt at this point of time, ignoring the advice of the NSA will not be an intelligent move. It is, therefore, better to postpone our programmes for the time being," senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj said.

Swaraj was talking to reporters after a core group meeting at Advani's residence, which discussed the developments and decided to postpone the rallies.

Party leaders said the rallies at Davangere in Karnataka on February 13 and New Delhi on February 21 are likely to be held.

Advani was to address a series of rallies in Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir [Images], Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Haryana as part of his 'Sankalp Yatra' to boost the party's poll preparedness.