New Delhi: Yet to come to terms with the Lok Sabha poll debacle, BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) is all set to go "back to basics" and remove the "wrong perception" among the cadres and voters that the party has abandoned its Hindutva ideology.

The saffron party also would not give up its policy of broadening its support base by seeking to woo minorities, dalits and other depressed sections.

Not wanting to be seen as contradicting former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, BJP President M Venkaiah Naidu sought to suggest that Gujarat violence may not be the reason for the party's debacle in the general elections.

"BJP has not abandoned and will not abandon its ideology. Hindutva is not an electoral issue but a way of life and we are proud of it. Unfortunately, there are forces in the country who are portraying Hindutva as communal for their narrow political ends.

"The Supreme Court has also said Hindutva is the basic identity of India and there is no question of being apologetic...our workers will be interacting with the people to remove any such wrong perception," he said when asked if dilution of its ideology had cost the party dearly.

The BJP chief also asserted that the party's campaign against "pseudo-secularists will be intensified in the coming days as all of them have joined under the banner of UPA (United Progressive Alliance)".

Rejecting the allegations made by some Sangh Parivar leaders that the party had lost elections because it tried to woo minorities, Naidu categorically said, "we have not done it. Equal treatment of all is not against Hindutva".

He also pointed out that NDA (National Democratic Alliance) had won the 1999 polls though its manifesto did not refer to Ayodhya or other pet Hindutva issues while the party lost in 2004 despite these issues finding mention in the alliance agenda.

The BJP chief maintained that the party had "excellent relationship with all nationalist organisations" and "we will continue to maintain good relations with the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh)".

Declining to comment on Vajpayee's statement in Kullu that the violence in Gujarat had its impact on the poll results, he said, "We will be discussing all aspects...we had swept the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after what happened in Gujarat."

"No single factor was responsible for the debacle. Multiple factors were responsible including local factors, anti-incumbency, firming up of alliances. We failed to convince people to re-elect us," he said.

The BJP chief also asserted there was "no proposal" for a change of leadership in Gujarat.

He said the forthcoming national executive of the party in Mumbai would review and analyse State-wise the poll outcome and chalk out a "well thought out plan" for further expansion of the party.