AHMEDABAD: VHP president Ashok Singhal on Friday met Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi to convey his concerns about the demolition of large number of temples in Gandhinagar and arrest of fellow leader Ashwin Patel under sedition charges.

Singhal has been trying to broker peace between the saffron outfits which are at loggerheads, sources in the BJP and VHP said.

However, after the meeting Singhal refused to talk to reporters waiting outside the CM's residence.

"The VHP leader has conveyed his displeasure over the issue of demolition of temples in state capital and also arrest of Ashwin Patel," Secretary of VHP Ranchhod Bharwad said.

Yesterday, after visiting the sites where temples were demolished, Singhal had criticised the BJP government, saying that it was repeating the act of Mohammad Gazani, who had destroyed a number of temples in medieval Gujarat.

The state government authorities are on demolition spree in Gandhinagar as in past one month more than 200 'illegal' temples have been razed here, Bharwad said adding, "Temples are being demolished in other parts of the state also."

VHP state joint secretary Ashwin Patel was arrested on the eve of Diwali for sending defamatory SMSes