'BJP second pole of Indian politics'

As a national spokesman for the BJP, Mister Rajiv Pratap Rudy have his occupation well cut out. At the age of 45, this former Union curate of state for commercialism and civil air power in the Atal Behari Vajpayee authorities have come up a long manner from being a legislator in Bihar. He have now emerged as an enterprising politician, who is well versed in computing machines to do and name a programme after him. On the twenty-four hours this letter writer interviewed him, Mister Rudy became perhaps the first former civil air power curate to be given a commercial airplane airplane pilot license that made him eligible to use for a occupation as a commercial pilot. With age on his side, the immature BJP leader states he is satisfied with what the political party have so far given him. He is in the BJP because unlike the Congress, he says, it recognises capablenesses in individual leadership and lets them to grow. He flayed the Centre for undoing what the NDA authorities had achieved in the air power sector ~ devising "air traveling low-cost for the aam admi". He also lashed out at the Left and United States Congress over their base on the Indo-US atomic trade in the course of study of an interview with DIPANKAR CHAKRABORTY. Excerpts: Have the Indo-US atomic trade go an illustration of competitory politics? If the BJP were to be in powerfulness could it have got dumped the deal, as you are demanding of the UPA now? Was it not the BJP which went all out to court the United States for high-level cooperation? The wide sketches of this atomic understanding was Triticum spelta out in 2005 when the Left spouses were supporting the UPA. That was a clip when the Congress-led UPA authorities broached the topic of atomic cooperation and strategical cooperation. This measure was almost to a grade a follow-up of what the BJP authorities had done. The Left as a ploy, per say, is not opposing the deal. Their resistance have got to make with their anti-Americanism, which could have been voiced in the very first twelvemonth of the UPA authorities they are supporting from outside. But they chose to wait for an opportune clip to derive the upper limit political milage out of it keeping in head the Assembly elections to be followed by general elections. Assuming the BJP come ups back to powerfulness at the Centre tomorrow, would it be in a place to dump and disregard this atomic agreement, despite all the party's current expostulations to the deal? If the BJP were to come up to powerfulness it would be partial to disregard the treaty. But the option of making rectifications would be kept unfastened at the negotiating table. The fact stays that at the background of this trade is a concern of one hundred thousand crore. Whether it is transportation of atomic technology, or atomic devices or atomic infrastructure, certainly all this do the trade a moneymaking one. It is a multi-million transaction, which will accrue after the trade is signed. But is it not true that the BJP, which went out of its manner to court the United States for high-end technological transfer, have been the chief mover of the deal? There are a batch of things in the atomic trade which necessitates to be addressed and corrected. But the UPA authorities is not even acceding to a course of study correction. What is going to be the party's base on the trade in Parliament? Would it be willing to take part in debate, which makes not imply vote at the end of discussion? There is an built-in contradiction between the Left and the Congress-led alliance (on the atomic deal). Even if the BJP desires this authorities to fall during vote on the issue, it is improbable to go on because we don't have got the needed number. Issues like terms rise, unemployment and farmers' self-destruction are sufficient adequate land for us to see this authorities is thrown out of power. Any movement that facilitates the ejector of this authorities because of its built-in contradictions is certainly welcome. This authorities have lost its authorization to govern. It is our duty as an resistance to vote this authorities out of power. What make you have got to state about the Left's function in the whole issue? Have it not in a manner lent a grade of support to your political campaign against the authorities on the issue of atomic deal? We make not have got to synchronise our cause with the Left. The Left is a spouse to the government, dictating to it. The Left's burden is thus far more than that of the BJP's. It is the Left which is supporting the authorities and the incrimination (for the political crisis at the Centre over the atomic deal) have to be equally apportioned even if it (Left) is not portion of the government. It cannot talk against the authorities and at the same clip support it. The Left have lost its credibleness over the last couple months. Ask the common adult male on the street about the Left, he would state the same. But it looks cipher is speaking about mid-term elections now. What is your return on this? The timing may be a calendar month plus or subtraction but the Lok Sabha polls are impending. Now it looks the timing of the Lok Sabha elections would not be the privilege of the Left because they are backing out. Because the United States Congress experiences possibly their base have been strengthened and vindicated. But whatever be the result of this draw between the Left and the Congress, mid-term polls are imminent, possibly adjacent twelvemonth and within the adjacent six months. What are the opportunities of the BJP-led NDA coming back to powerfulness in the event of a mid-term election? The BJP is much more than fairly placed now. The fact is that the BJP stays the 2nd pole of the Indian politics. In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections the BJP was just five seating less than the United States Congress party. We still have got authorities in nine states and are the chief resistance political party in another nine. This turns out that the BJP is the chief national resistance party. And we stand up a just opportunity of forming the adjacent authorities at the Centre. But with senior BJP leader Mister LK Advani himself recently admitting to differences among leadership within the political party and a rebellion brewing in Gujerat and Rajasthan, how realistic are you about your claims to coming back to powerfulness at the Centre? But having differences is portion of the internal democracy in the BJP. This is a portion of the political system. There are aspirations and dissensions to postulate with. We have got been able to successfully manage such as states of affairs in the past. The political party is well equipped to manage such as issues. It is all portion of the political process. As the political party is growing jobs are jump to harvest up. The BJP leading is quite capable of handling any situation. But are there not different Centres of powerfulness in the political party today? We are not a family-based party. Today, there are no two words about it, Mister Atal Behari Vajpayee is our first leader. And, after him it is Mister LK Advani. And there are no two voices about it. There are no Centres of powerfulness in the BJP. We have got no dearth of leadership. It is not a household political party like Girl Mayawati's BSP. She is the ideologist of her political party and there is nil beyond her. Mister Lalu Prasad, Mister Mulayam Singh are ideologists of their several RJD and SP parties, there is nil beyond them in their parties. The BJP is a structured political party with a very marked ideology. So Mister Vajpayee would be the party's premier ministerial campaigner in the adjacent Lok Sabha elections? Supreme Being willing, that should be the situation. For person who is immature and have been a curate in the Vajpayee authorities and currently placed after the gen-next category of leadership, where make you happen yourself in the political party and what lies ahead for you? If you see the political party hierarchy today, the first top line consists Mister Vajapyee, Mister Advani, Mister Jaswant Singh and Mister Murli Manohar Joshi. The 2nd very seeable line of leading consists Mister Venkaiah Naidu, Mister Arun Jaitley, Mister Rajnath Singh, Mrs Sushma Swaraj and Mister Narendra Modi. And in the 3rd line too there is a eminent line-up of leadership like Mister Raman Singh in Chattisgarah, Multiple Sclerosis Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan, Mister Shahnawaz Hussain or Mister Ravishankar Prasad or may be me in a little way. We don't have got a dearth of leadership. I came all the manner from Bihar and then studied out and went back to Bihar to go an MLA. The advantage with the BJP is that an chance is offered to you, if you expose ability. It is not like the United States Congress political party where everyone is set on clasp till the enthronement of crown prince Rahul Gandhi. If you state that the BJP have no dearth of leadership then why is the political party still waiting for a leader of the statures of Mister Vajpayee, Mister Advani or Mister Joshi to emerge out of its so-called nursery of immature and talented leaders? Our celebrity is Mister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Mister LK Advani, Mister Jaswant Singh. When the clip come ups the political party will look forward to projecting the 2nd coevals of leaders. So I believe whatever is being offered to the immature leadership is more than than enough. It is good for all, good for the party. Are you satisfied with the manner the air power industry is being taken forward by your replacement in the present government? The roar in the air power sector today was triggered by the NDA authorities in 2003 with the launch of low-cost airlines. We wanted the pressure level of the demand in the sector to make infrastructure. We wanted to make a demand to guarantee benefits to the air passengers. The greatest danger seeable today again is cartelisation, which was struck off during the NDA regime. The terms of tickets are going up again. There is none to talk out against it. This is what (cartelisation) we broke with a great attempt in 2003 to do air traveling low-cost for the common man. With the amalgamation of Deccan with Kingfisher, amalgamation of Jet and Sahara Desert and amalgamation of North American Indian Airlines and Air India, the cartelisation have emerged. The authorities is simply falling in line. The air power industry is saying the air companies are suffering losses. It is none of the government's concern. The authorities is here to ease and not cast crying on the losings of airlines, which is exaggeration and incorrect. What would you have got liked to go if not a politician serving the BJP? Destiny have played a very of import portion in my career. I thought of becoming a pilot. I have got just picked up my commercial airplane pilot license and go eligible to wing commercial airlines. No 1 choices up a commercial airplane pilot license (CPL) at the age of 45. Iodine will be perhaps the first civil air power curate to have got picked up a CPL. I am enrolled as a lawyer in Patna High Court. I am a lector in a university in Bihar. I could not pattern as a lawyer or learn owed to my political engagements. I am a full-time politician now. So I would not cognize what other community would have got been appropriate for me. (The interviewer is Particular Representative of The Statesman, New Delhi)