Sushma Swaraj then got in touch with the other three - Arun Jaitley, Venkaiah Naidu and Ananth Kumar to seek their consent. It was left to Ananth Kumar to get in touch with other senior party leaders.
At around 6 pm on Tuesday, Advani and Gadkari were to appear jointly at a pre-fixed function in Thane. By that time, the RSS leadership had made up its mind about the exit of Gadkari.
