Govindacharya resigns as convener of RSA, leaves for Delhi

The announcement in this regard was made at the Andolan's two-day long national executive meeting which began here on Saturday, sources said.Govindacharya was replaced by Rakesh Dubey as the national convener of the Andolan, they said.

The senior ideologue left for Delhi after receiving a message from Delhi fuelling speculation of his return to the BJP, they said.However, Andolan's national co-convener Kailash Tiwari told PTI that Govindacharya had to rush to Delhi for some urgent work and before leaving he announced changes in the organisation.

When asked whether this was a step towards rejoining BJP, Tiwari said that he was not aware of anything in this regard.Incidentally, Govindacharya's close associate Uma Bharti also resigned recently as president of Bhartiya Janshakti Party fuelling speculation of her return to the BJP.She had founded the party after resigning from the BJP.