Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani included seven former governors and five former Union ministers in the council.
He will meet Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf when the general visits New Delhi to watch the Indo-Pak one-dayer on April 17.
Advani said the decision 'would only spur people of the country to unite to oppose the tendency of America'.
"It is an internal matter. We will meet and sort out the issues," Advani told the weekly BJP parliamentary party meeting.
President Abdul Kalam and Union Home Minister L K Advani will call on him on Friday.
The verdict in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case will be pronounced on August 1.
Nearly 100,000 devotees, from India and 191 countries, have gathered in Kochi for the four-day event.
Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Sushma Swaraj indicated that the NDA would stall proceedings in the Budget session in the Parliament on the issue.
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Polling in Haryana will take place on February 3 alongside first phase of polling in Bihar and Jharkhand.
Chairing a meeting of the BJP Parliamentary Party in the absence of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Advani said the suggestion, initially made by Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, will be discussed extensively at different levels within th
"We told the prime minister that it is the question of sentiments of crores of Hindus, hurt by investigations being conducted with a vindictive attitude and the ill-treatment meted out to Jayendra Saraswati," BJP president L K Advani said.
Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee also agreed that a ruling party remaining continuously in election mood was a 'serious handicap' to good governance.
The prime minister's assurance on dual citizenship will be sweet music to nearly 12 million officially estimated Bangladeshi infiltrators staying in India, Advani remarked.
Gaur said he regretted having made harsh remarks against Bharti.
Venkaiah Naidu replied in the negative when asked whether she would get back the post of general secretary.
The govt said seeking information about the legal position of any case was its 'legitimate right'.
BJP demanded a probe against Verma and Naval chief Admiral Arun Prakash's close relative Ravi Shankaran in connection with the two cases.
Former Union minister and Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party strongman Madan Lal Khurana Monday accused party chief Rajnath Singh of working under the influence of a "coterie" close to senior leader Lal Kishenchand Advani.
The way things have gone and the way the Shankaracharya has been treated, the people and the nation are concerned."
BJP president Venkaiah Naidu appeared to have ruffled a few feathers by saying that the party would project both Vajpayee and Advani in forthcoming elections.
We want to know from the prime minister's office why the case was hushed up particularly when the FIR was registered against Rao at the instance of PMO. We will raise the issue in the parliament," he said.
After boycotting Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on the first day of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh national executive in Haridwar, top Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders are expected to attend the meeting on Saturday.
Demanding the immediate suspension of the 'head count' of minorities in the defence forces, the Bharatiya Janata Party Friday cautioned the government against the move which it said was "fraught with dangerous implications".
Advani retained his predecessor Venkaiah Naidu in the panel and in the parliamentary board.
The deputy prime minister also told parties to keep national interests above ideological interest.
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