He warned about any review on civil partnerships being "kicked intothe long grass", adding that Parliament "was in danger of being party to a last minute stitch-up between the frontbenches".
Adding to the confusion, theparty also has a president, Nitin Gatkari, pushed into his job by a powerful Hindu-revivalist group, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or RSS, who prance about in khaki shorts.