He also exhorted party workers to regularly visit their constituencies and carry out development work.
Advani would also attend today's meeting, the sources said.\n
Invited to deliver a keynote address by former president A P J Abdul Kalam on the occasion of the release of Lal Kishenchand Advani's book My Country My Life at Srifort Auditorium in New Delhi on Wednesday evening, former external affairs minister in the Atal Bihar Vajpayee government Jaswant Singh said that his concept of handling the Ayodhya issue was definitely not the same as that of Advani's.
Inaugurating a National Seminar on 'War on Terrorism', Advani said several functionaries, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, had spoken on the need for a 'strong anti-terror law' and they should support the passage in the 15th Lok Sabha, he said, adding that it was time to fight terror treating it as an issue that deserved broad national consensus.
However, the government's response in the event of the Hurriyat pulling out of the talks was not clear.
The VHP international working president said politicising the yatra damaged the Hindutva cause and turned the Ram Janambhoomi into a single party affair.
The deputy prime minister made it clear that there would be no compromise on the country's "unity and integrity."
The deputy prime minister asked the Police Commissioner R S Gupta to bring the guilty to book.
Anantha Kumar has been made party general secretary. Najma Heptullah and Varun Gandhi have been included in the national executive.
'Hindi has an important role to play in the country's unity, self respect and confidence to meet the future,' the deputy prime minister said at a function on Hindi Diwas.
He visited various forward posts and monitored the progress of the border fencing work in the Rajouri-Poonch sector.
The Tibetan spiritual leader had asked Hindus and Muslims to adopt 'a mature, farsighted and open-minded' approach to resolve the temple-mosque dispute.
Khurana had only a month ago written to Advani demanding his resignation. He had alleged that the party had deviated from its ideology and was being run like a 'private limited company'.\n
Sangrur Senior Superintendent of Police G S Dhillon said the SAD (A) leader was arrested under sections 107/151 (apprehension of breach of peace) of the Indian Penal Code.
Charges framed against Advani, 7 more in Ayodhya demolition
The BJP sources said Advani was extremely upset with the leakage of the letter as it poured cold water on his recent attempts to patch up with the RSS.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani on Wednesday made it clear that the concept of 'Akhand Bharat' (undivided\nIndia) was no more relevant.
Five kar sewaks have alleged that they pulled down the disputed structure at Ayodhya at Advani's instigation.
Rajnath Singh, who was selected the new president, would assume office on Monday.
'It is important for India that the world also recognises ISI as an organisation that promotes terrorism. If this does not happen the problem will remain,' he said.
We need to enforce compliance by states known to be sponsoring, sheltering, funding, arming and training terrorists, he said
Unless the terrorist camps are dismantled there will be no talks it is pointless and purposeless, he said.
"I have expressed my regrets for my conduct [in the November 10 meeting] and for hurting Advani. I have left the decision [on revocation of suspension] to Advani," Bharti said.
The two chief ministers who are in Delhi to attend the Conference of Chief Ministers on Internal Security and Law and\nOrder also discussed various other issues at the meeting that lasted over 30 minutes, party sources said.
Sources said it was a private luncheon.
Leader of Bharatiya Janata Party Lal Kishenchand Advani may stir a few controversies as his current views and the series of interviews he has given in the past will be launched as a book on Saturday at the World Book Fair in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
Even as senior leaders lined up to receive the party president at the airport, Hindu Jagran Manch put up a poster which read -- 'Jinnah Samarthak, Pakistan Premi Advani, Vapas Jao (Jinnah supporter Advani go back).'
In a new twist to the phone tapping controversy, Bharatiya Janata Party Monday alleged that the telephones of many of its senior leaders, including Leader of Opposition Lal Kishenchand Advani were tapped during the Volcker controversy.
The meeting was attended also by Modi baiters Keshubhai Patel, Somabhai Patel, Kanshiram Rana among others.
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi also panned the govt for repealing POTA.
As the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh mounted pressure on Bharatiya Janata Party president Lal Kishenchand Advani to resign, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Sunday came out in support of Advani, saying he could continue in both posts.
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