New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi today (Nov 17, 2004) briefed the party top brass including former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of his meeting with Kanchi Shankaracharya at the Vellore Jail.

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BJP president L K Advani, former party chief M Venkaiah Naidu and senior leaders Jaswant Singh and Arun Jaitley were present at the hour-long meeting at Vajpayee's residence.

Joshi, who had a 45-minute meeting with the Pontiff yesterday (Nov 16, 2004), had described as "most reprehensible" the manner in which the Acharya was arrested.