BJP President Rajnath Singh is expected to call a meeting of the party's Parliamentary Board today to take a decision on declaring Narendra Modi as the Prime Ministerial candidate even as LK Advani and other senior leaders continue to have reservations over the issue.

Though no intimation has been sent to the 10 Parliamentary Board members by Singh as yet, sources said the meeting is likely to take place at 5 pm in Delhi.

Singh has decided to go ahead after holding consultations with the RSS top leadership, including General Secretary Suresh 'Bhaiyyaji' Joshi and Joint General Secretary Suresh Soni.

Joshi had met Advani yesterday to persuade him on declaring Modi as the PM candidate, sources said. A host of senior leaders, including Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Ananth Kumar and M Venkaiah Naidu have also met Advani to convince him on Modi's name.

However, Advani is said to be adamant in his stand against Modi and has conveyed to the party that making him the PM candidate will divert attention from BJP's core issues against the Congress like price rise and corruption.

Modi, he feels, will become the issue if he is made the PM candidate.