New Delhi : A sulking and isolated L K Advani patched up with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) within 36 hours of quitting three posts on a mere assurance that “concerns about the functioning of the party would be properly addressed.”

While Advani, 85, accepted the enticement offered to him as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat brokered the truce making it perhaps the most honourable exit he could have got, the BJP continues to hold on to its decision of appointing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi election campaign committee head.

The high-decibel drama continued on Tuesday with top leaders, including Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Jaswant Singh and Uma Bharti, queuing up at Advanis house to persuade him to take back his resignation  from the national executive, parliamentary board and the election committee.

Earlier in the day, the party chief made it clear that there will be no going back on the decision to appoint Modi as Campaign Committee chief, a major cause for Advanis resignation. The denouement to the two-day political drama came after hectic parleys and persuasion by a number of leaders who met Advani and impressed on him the need to end the crisis triggered by his resignation