Former Deputy Chief Minister K.S. Eshwarappa has said he will not return to the BJP until the party is “purified”.

“The BJP in the State has forgotten the ideology of Hindutva. Many BJP workers, disappointed with the recent developments in the party, are contacting me,” he told journalists, after inducting many workers from different parties, including the BJP, to his forum — the Rashtra Bhakhtara Balaga — in Shivamogga on Wednesday.