Veteran RSS and BJP leader Bhai Mahavir joined the RSS in 1942.Apart from being a pracharak, he was the vice-president of the Jana Sanghin the 1960s. Between 1968-1978 he was a member of the Rajya Sabha. From 1996-1998Bhai Mahavir was a member of the BJP's working committee and president of thecentral disciplinary committee. During the NDA regime he was the governor ofMadhya Pradesh. A descendant of freedom fighter Bhai Parmanand, the veteranleader is irked by the undermining of ideology within the BJP. Speaking to OutlookSaptahik's senior special correspondent he said if the partyleadership wanted to give up its ideology, it should go join the Congress. Excerptsfrom the interview: