OILSEEDS-Awaiting New Policy

and called for postponement of construction. Prior to that Vajpayee and Jaswant Singh of BJP made a similar appeal 'for the national good'. Advani on the other hand mollified a delegation of angry sadhus from Prayag by reaffirming his party's commitment to the Palampur resolution and promised to abide by the VHP's decision while in public he maintains a silence that he is unaccustomed to. Vijaya Raje Scindia, the other prominent BJP leader, is in the meanwhile actively associated with the VHP's activities. The party is obviously reluctant to foreclose any of its electoral options.