You seem to have a serious leadership crisis with too many
prime ministerial candidates.
This is a media creation. We are a democratic party with many
leaders who have the potential to become prime minister.
That's why there's so much talk about a leadership crisis.
Other parties are family-run companies. Mulayam Singh's party
is a party of father-son-bahu-brother. Mayawati is the sole
proprietor of a wholesale store. Sonia Gandhi is the malkin
of a mother-son party. Congressmen are like servants. If
Madam tells them to sit, they sit. If she tells them to
stand, they stand. Can you call these 'political parties'?
Isn't it important to have one face to lead the party in the
next polls?
We had two big leaders, Atalji and Advaniji. No one can match
them. After them, we have many leaders who are of the same
seniority.
Are you implying that the BJP may not have a PM candidate
this time?
See, there are some films that are multi-starrers and yet
they become hits. Like Sholay. It had Amitabh Bachchan,
Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar and two heroines and was a runaway
success. So it's not necessary for a party to project one
face.
Your party workers seem to prefer Narendra Modi.
We have five or six persons who can lead the party into the
elections: Advaniji, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Narendra
Modi, Rajnath Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi. Let us contest the
elections and see how many seats we get. Then our
parliamentary board will take a decision.
Will the BJP support the government on FDI in pension and
insurance?
