Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani today admitted to some dilution of the BJP ideology on its way to becoming a ruling party at the Centre and said acceptance of economic liberalisation by all parties had bridged the ideological divide between them. ‘‘A country as vast and pluralistic as India cannot be ruled only by an ideological party as the Jan Sangh. It has to be an aggregative party,’’ he told reporters.‘‘I propounded that either we limit our objectives as an ideological party and fight election in some states or corporations but if we aspire to become a ruling party in India, we cannot be limited as an ideological party,’’ he said.On whether it had diluted BJP’s ideology, Advani said ‘‘it takes place. Otherwise, don’t think in terms of ruling the country and exist just as an organisation and propagate ideology. To rule India, we have to be inclusive.’’Stressing Kashi and Mathura disputes were not on the BJP’s agenda, Advani said: ‘‘I have time and again said that only construction of Ram temple was on our party agenda and even Ayodhya issue will be solved after the elections. if I were to spell it out (the terms for a negotiated settlement), it would have died long back.’’ — (PTI)
