Just in: Rajnath Singh will stay on as BJP president, it seems. Nitin Gadkari's attempt to return as BJP prez has been turned down by the RSS. Gadkari had met LK Advani yesterday after getting a clean chit in an income-tax probe against him. He had also met Narendra Modi. Gadkari was the BJP president before Rajnath Singh.

On May 11, BJP president Rajnath Singh met senior Sangh leaders at the RSS office in New Delhi. Singh is believed to have discussed party strategy keeping in view the last phase of polling on Monday and counting of votes on May 16.

Top RSS leaders Bhaiyaji Joshi, who is second-in-command in RSS after Mohan Bhagwat, and RSS points man in dealing with BJP Suresh Soni were part of the deliberations with the BJP president.