New Delhi: Top Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders on October 24 night broke bread with the Prime Minister and other Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top brass in the backdrop of strident attacks by sangh parivar outfits against the government and Atal Behari Vajpayee and agreed on a truce against public criticism on issues including disinvestment.

Emerging from a two-and-a-half-hour dinner meeting at the Prime Minister's residence, BJP president Venkaiah Naidu told reporters, "We agreed to understand and respect each other's views."

Maintaining that no specific issues, organisations or individuals were discussed, he said in reply to a question that BJP would hold parleys with all nationalist organisations.

Asked whether the meeting would put an end to direct personal attacks against government leaders, he said, "It is understood."

Expressing satisfaction over the meeting, RSS joint general secretary in charge of BJP Madan Dass Devi seemed to suggest that the truce would hold good for a long time.

The meeting, held in the backdrop of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)'s attack on Vajpayee's handling of terrorism and on his National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra, was attended by Vajpayee, Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani, Naidu, RSS chief K S Sudarshan and RSS joint general secretaries H V Seshadri and Madan Das Devi.

PTI