New Delhi:

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appeared to have put its internal rift behind, with veteran leader L K Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi sitting next to each other at a crucial parliamentary board meeting.

The meeting was called to strategise on the Lok Sabha elections and came less than a month after the patriarch's revolt of the Gujarat CM's elevation as the 2014 poll campaign panel chief.

Advani and Modi sat side by side during the three-hour meeting of the parliamentary board, the highest decision-making body of BJP, and subsequent meeting of its members with party general secretaries.

Sources claimed that Advani's body language was "positive" throughout the meetings. Advani gave suggestions on a couple of issues during the board meeting and appeared to endorse the views expressed by Modi and others, they said.

"We have unshackled ourselves from our internal problems. The issue is now to take on the Congress on issues of corruption, price rise, lack of economic growth and internal security," a party leader said.

The attendance of the meeting by the two leaders together assumes significance as Advani had revolted against Modi's appointment as Campaign Committee Chairman and resigned from all the party posts on June 10. He took it back after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat intervened.

The two meetings discussed ways to take on the Congress-led government in run up to the elections.

The issues that figured in these meetings included alleged "misuse" of CBI against the backdrop of probe report into Ishrat killing and government's decision to promulgate Ordinance on Food security.

"Ideas were invited and discussed by the party top brass from the general secretaries," a source said.

The meeting also approved the extensive use of social media in the 2014 General Elections, sources said, adding the appointment of IT professionals to drive the campaign has also been cleared.

source:http://zeenews.india.com