New Delhi, Mar 19 : Sulking BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Thursday met party president Rajnath Singh with whom the lawyer-politician is upset over an appointment.

Jaitley drove to the residence of Singh and was with him for about an hour. He did not speak to the media after leaving Singh's residence.

Jaitley has been sulking and is upset with the BJP chief over appointment of businessman Sudhanshu Mittal as party's co-convenor of North-East. Displaying his unhappiness, Jaitley has been boycotting the meetings of the party's Central Election Committee.

Jaitley has maintained that he would not attend the CEC meetings till Mittal was removed. Singh, on his part, has ruled out revoking his decision to appoint Mittal.

Homecoming of a daughter: Uma

Meanwhile, Bhartiya Janashakti Party President Uma Bharti met BJP leader L.K. Advani and said it was her "rashtra dharma" to support the saffron party and its prime ministerial candidate in the Lok Sabha polls.

"I have not done any favour to BJP or Advaniji by supporting them. Neither do I want them to feel this support as a favour. I have just fulfilled my duty to the nation. It is my rashtra dharma," she said.

Bharti, who had formed the Bharytiya Janshakti after being expelled from the BJP, said she would extend "maximum cooperation (to BJP) within my capacity".

Describing her meeting with Advani as the "homecoming of a daughter," Bharti said "Advani had always been a father figure for her".

Asked whether her move was prompted by lack of funds for her party, "I have said before that our party lacks funds to fight elections but let the country debate and tell me whom I should support. It is obviously Lal Krishna Advani who has been the face of the Ayodhya movement." She also denied reports of her joining the party and insisted that Bhartiya Janshakti party was still in existence.

The meeting comes five years after Bharti stormed out of a party meeting chaired by Advani accusing him of favouring certain leaders.