amritsar senior bjp leader and former minister anil joshi who has challenged the stand of the partys central leadership on the farmers agitation skipped bjps state executive body meeting on tuesdaybut in a continuous effort to defuse the embarrassing situation following joshis outburst on the issue the bjp leadership has talked to the former ministertalking to toi after the executive body meeting bjp general secretary and incharge majha zone jeevan gupta said the issue of joshis opinion and his grudges on the partys stand on farmers agitation surfaced during the meeting i only know that our senior leadership has talked to joshi and conveyed that he should have taken up the subject on an appropriate platform gupta said adding that joshi stayed away from the meetingsources however said some close aides and former ministerial colleagues of joshi have suggested the party leadership to find a way to defuse the situation that has already brought much embarrassment to the party and prevent it from escalating furthersince we are a disciplined party so some action needs to be taken against those who have violated the discipline at least to set the precedent for the future party sources saidsources said after the induction of former inspector general of police ig kunwar vijay pratap singh into aap and possibilities of kunwar contesting from amritsar north seat where joshi had won twice and lost once the deliberations were held to change joshis constituency if he remains with the bjpgupta said the party would contest all the 117 assembly seats in punjabconfirming that joshi didnt attend the virtual meeting held at amritsar district bjp president suresh mahajan said there was no dispute with joshi who is believed to be out of the city for the past three to four daysaap holds meetingsources said majha zone leadership of aap held a meeting in amritsar on tuesday to decide over the safe seat for kunwar and how to respond and counterattack the akalis as well as congresss allegations on kunwar being an tainted cop we are also preparing to face live debates on tv channels said party sources