Murli Manohar Joshi meets Advani at his residence

New Delhi, Apr 5 Senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi Friday met party veteran L K Advani at his home, a day after Advani said his party has never respected the those who disagreed with it politically as "anti-nationals" or "enemies".

Advani's comments assume significance as top BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, have been attacking opposition parties with anti-national barbs in the aftermath of the Balakot air strikes.

Sources said Joshi drove down to Advani's home and held deliberations with him.

There was no remark from either leader on what transpired in the meeting.

Advani and Joshi are among some of the senior BJP leaders who were not given tickets to contest for the Lok Sabha polls.

Advani, 91, is one of the BJP founders and its longest-serving president. He has been chosen from the Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency seat six times since 1991.

Joshi is one of the founders of the party and its third president.

He was denied ticket from Kanpur after which he had issued a statement saying BJP general secretary (association) Ram Lal, a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) representative, hosted passed on him the party initiative's choice that he ought not be contesting the polls.