'The BJP leaders express their angst about this (factionalism), they are keen to restore it,' he added.

Bhagwat said he had not applied himself to how the party should resolve the differences between its leaders. 'I have not given a thought to the internal situation of the BJP. That is not my job. I tell them to sit together and amend things,' he pointed out.

He clearly advised the party not to lose sight of its goals. 'Their party had a mission and that mission should be kept in sight. They should think where they have gone wrong. The general condition of the party should be paid attention to.'

Mohan Bhagwat said he told senior BJP leader L.K. Advani who went to meet him recently to find ways to resolve the internal strife.

And added: 'He came to me. He wanted to meet me. He described all these things. I told him that you consider how this situation came to be because it was a disciplined party, was a very good party. It was a party with a difference.'

'In the chintan baithak. All sit together and think about it. Personal considerations must be kept away. This is what I told him,' Bhagwat said.

He asserted that the party would have to be clear on the ideology and there should be a dialogue with the Sangh as a while also.

'They should be reasonably sound and articulate about the ideology. You should have a collective work pattern and should have dialogue with all the thought brothers. They should have a system of dialogue within them,' Bhagwat said.

And added: 'Theirs should be a party with a difference and lastly they should bring the young generation forth.'