The focus of the confabulations among the BJP top brass and the RSS appeared to be on the positions that could be offered to the veterans, like the post of Lok Sabha Speaker to Advani, keeping in view their stature and experience in the party and Parliament.
Gujarat Bhavan, Keshav Kunj, the RSS local headquarters, and BJP President Rajnath Singh's residence were hubs of consultations ahead of government formation in which allies are also expected to be included.
The discussions gained momentum as the Election Commission handed over the list of newly-elected MPs to President, who is expected to set in motion the process of government formation after the BJP and its allies choose Modi as their Prime Minister so that he call him to head the new government.
Modi, who stayed put in Gujarat Bhavan here overnight, drove to Advani's residence just a little after noon in the first formal meeting between the two after the party's resounding victory in the elections. The meeting lasted 40 minutes.
Nothing official was disclosed about today's meeting but sources say that the role Advani could play in the new dispensation was discussed. Advani had reservations over Modi being made the Prime Ministerial face but had to come around at the intervention of RSS.
In the evening, Modi went to the residence of Joshi, another veteran who was reluctantly made way for Modi in Varanasi. Modi spent well over an hour with him.