Friday, March 3 2006 16:42 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Even as the BJP charges the UPA Government with internal contradictions and failure on all fronts, party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan has asserted that the ruling coalition would complete its full term and the saffron party would have to sit in the Opposition till 2009.

In an interview to Hindi weekly 'Outlook', he has also ruled out the return of expelled leader Uma Bharti to the party fold.

"If some major mishap takes place, it would be a different matter. Otherwise, governments would continue their full five-year term in this country. This government is dependent on Left parties and I don't see any possibility of their derailing this Government.

"If at all this government falls six to eight months ahead of its tenure, Congress itself would be doing it being fed up (with the Left)", Mahajan said.

Asked whether the BJP would have to sit in the Opposition till five years, he said, "They will have to wait because in 2004, people gave a verdict to the BJP to sit in the Opposition for five years. Till then we will have to sit in the Opposition. I have no regret or sorrow in this regard".

BJP leaders, including former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and L K Advani, have been attacking the internal contradictions in the Congress-led coalition and hinting to party MPs to be ready for mid-term polls.

To a question whether the differences among the first and second generation leaders in BJP have ended with Rajnath Singh becoming the party chief, Mahajan said, "Even children born of same parents have differences. These are human attributes which would never end".