NEW DELHI, Feb 6: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has postponed about a dozen rallies over the next two months after the government warned of possible security threats, including a suicide attack.

L.K Advani, who last month was nominated as the prime ministerial candidate for the BJP, had planned a string of rallies across the country for the general election likely to be held by early 2009.

“The government has conveyed to us that there is a credible intelligence input about a security threat to Advani,” BJP vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told Reuters on Tuesday.

“We have deliberated on this issue and decided to postpone the rallies... only the inaugural rally will be held as scheduled.” The party said it had no information about what group or groups might have been planning attacks.—Reuters