As caste rioting broke out in Rajasthan on the fifth consecutive day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leaders of Opposition L K Advani and Jaswant Singh met on Saturday to discuss ways to defuse the crisis in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled state.

The BJP leaders drove down to 7, Race Course Road, a day after the Prime Minister spoke to his predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee about unrest in Rajasthan.

BJP chief Rajnath Singh told media persons that the prime minister had emphasised that restoration of order in the state was an immediate concern.

The prime minister, Rajnath said, also mentioned that all efforts should be made for the release of dead bodies from the possession of protesters in the state for their funeral.

"He (the prime minister) said restoration of peace has to be a top priority. It should be restored in any case," the BJP chief said.

The BJP leaders, however, made no demands from the prime minister during their discussions over Rajasthan.

The BJP chief also ruled out the possibility of replacement of Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, whose handling of the Gujjar protests has come in for criticism from BJP leaders like Jaswant Singh and Saheb Singh Verma.

He also rebutted news reports that the party's top brass had summoned Raje to Delhi.

Rajnath said demands of Gujjars for classification of the community as a Scheduled Tribe would be considered 'sympathetically.'

"But the priority now is restoration of peace. The chief minister is in constant touch with us and talks with different groups are on," he added.