New Delhi: Indicating that his party will not give up Hindutva, BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) president L K Advani today (Oct 20, 2004) dismissed suggestions his coming back at the helm of party affairs was due to defeat in the Lok Sabha and Maharashtra polls and expressed confidence of it "staging a comeback".

Addressing his first press conference after taking the reins of the saffron organisation for the fifth time, he said BJP would strive to correct its image "created by rivals" and aim at reaching out to all sections of the society.

Advani, who took over from M Venkaiah Naidu in the wake of the electoral reverses, said the "political obituary" of BJP and its earlier avatar Jana Sangh had taken place several times but still the party has staged comebacks overcoming all odds.

"The interpretation that BJP is in crisis is wrong. The impression that the change of guard was effected due to electoral outcome is laughable," he said, asserting, "I have no doubt that BJP will similarly stage a comeback."

Claiming that the Manmohan Singh Government was "helping us a lot", the leader of Opposition said the BJP-led coalition would not have to wait for long for fall of "this Government ridden with contradictions."

Advani, who announced that he would meet top RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh) leadership in Nagpur on Dussehra, made it clear that BJP would continue pursuing "nationalism", arguing it was the "only nationalist national party" in the country practising real secularism.

The new BJP president said he was proud that his party had a "bright and talented" second-rung leadership, which no other party has.