Friday, July 8 2005 14:15 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Two days after its crucial conclave in Surat which is understood to have taken some decisions with regard to its ties with the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party), the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) today (July 8, 2005) continued to play hide and seek with the press cancelling a scheduled press conference in New Delhi for the second day today.

RSS spokesman Ram Madhav, who was to brief the national media on the closed-door Surat conclave, is in Nagpur alongwith the Sangh top brass discussing ways and means to bring back the Ram temple issue to centre-stage following Tuesday's terrorist strike in Ayodhya, sources said.

In a rare advisory to the media ahead of the three-day meeting of RSS provincial organisers in Surat from June 2, Madhav said the meeting was closed for the press and they would be briefed in Delhi itself after the conclusion of the meeting. It had advised reporters not to go to Surat.

The RSS headquarters at Delhi had sent an invitation for a briefing yesterday (July 7, 2005) but it was subsequently postponed for today. Neither any reason was given nor any fresh date was announced.

Sources said RSS was evaluating the public response to BJP and VHP's (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) bid to revive the Ram temple movement and would not like any diversion from it.