NEW DELHI:  Former finance minister and senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha mentions in his memoirs there were oppositions from his own party during his tenure. Opposition from his colleagues was more pronounced in the BJP parliamentary party.
 
"The worst part was that these discussions did not remain confidential; they became public and were highlighted in the media and the impression gained ground that he did not enjoy the confidence of the entire party," says Sinha in his memoir, 'My Years as a Finance Minister, Confessions of a Swadeshi Reformer.'
 
Although a strong nationalist and a staunch believer in swadeshi, he had wide area of convergence with the RSS even as there were some issues on which he differed.  Sinha adds that he consulted even RSS leaders before t finalizing the 1998 budget who expected him to prepare a swadeshi budget.
 
On his relations with the RSS, Sinha says that one reason for his unhappiness in the finance ministry was that "I had lost the confidence of the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and the RSS, with whom I had worked so closed earlier in the swadeshi, movement." There was a widening communication gap between 'them' and 'us', he says.
 
"The misunderstanding became so serious that Dattopant Thengadi, one of the senior most leaders of the RSS, known as a patron saint of swadeshi, sent to the extent of calling me a 'apradhi', (culprit) in a public meeting in Delhi. He described how I had deviated from the path of swadeshi after I had become finance minister", Sinha added.