New Delhi, Feb. 13 :    New Delhi, Feb. 13:  Paying heed to the Prime Minister's appeal not to cause 'new problems', the RSS leadership appears to have decided to puncture its trial balloon to safeguard the BJP government. In the wake of growing apprehension among NDA partners that the Sangh parivar is trying to sneak in its hidden agenda, RSS chief Rajendra Singh alias Rajju Bhaiyya today clarified that the outfit had never asked the Centre to revoke the ban on government employees participating in Sangh activities. 'Whether the ban is to be lifted or not and when to lift it would depend on the judgement of the government. It should be remembered that we have not sought lifting of the ban,' he said in a statement in the RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya. Observers see the comment, the first from the RSS chief after the controversy erupted, as a signal to the NDA allies and the Opposition that the Sangh is not forcing its agenda on the government. Sources in the RSS denied that the outfit was on the warpath with Vajpayee. 'It is not a war, it is not a truce either. Both have their own constituencies to address, so the game goes on. The RSS knows it cannot get a more friendly government than the present dispensation,'' a Sangh leader said. Vajpayee's immediate compulsion is to see through the budget session slated for later in the month. The government is expected to announce some hard economic measures and it has to carry the allies with it. Vajpayee will also have to ensure that President Bill Clinton's tour is trouble-free. Sharing the dais with Rajju Bhaiyya at a function organised by Panchajanya last Friday, Vajpayee said: 'Our efforts to put across our views should not cause new problems, compounding the existing ones. Things should not result in one section being set against the other.' NDA partners raised their eyebrows after Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel allowed government employees to participate in RSS activities and the BJP rulers in Uttar Pradesh and Himachal announced they could follow suit. The allies' apprehension gained ground after Vajpayee described the RSS as a 'cultural organisation' and home minister L.K. Advani proposed reviewing the ban at the Centre as well. Telugu Desam chief Chandrababu Naidu, the most influential ally of the BJP, spoke to the Prime Minister and made it clear that he was against any such move. Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi, who sent out conflicting signals, wrote to Vajpayee to protest the statements. The Samata Party, whose leader George Fernandes was instrumental in imposing the ban as part of the Morarji Desai government, told the government not to rescind the decision. Describing the controversy as 'unfortunate', Rajju Bhaiyya said he had cited the case of Britain - where government employees except those in the judiciary and police were free to participate in the activities of not only socio-cultural organisations but also political parties - to support his argument and not to canvas for its implementation in India.