‘There’s just one guru who forces you to be efficient and that guru is competition’

: for five years. Give my son five years, we will bring out one, too. Either with Nissan-Renault or on our own. Next summer, we will bring out our first four-wheeler, which will be a goods carrier, a pick-up truck carrier like the Ace.

• ZEENAT NAZIR: Two days ago, you were quoted as telling Mr Chidambaram that there should be early elections so that he could come back as finance minister. This comes from an MP who entered the Rajya Sabha with Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena support. A piquant situation?

I am prepared to say this openly: I want either an NDA (National Democratic Alliance) or a UPA (United Progressive Alliance) Government after the next elections. And I want the Congress or BJP to win 200 seats so that they can run the government. If they have only 131-140 seats, it will be a disaster.

• KANDULA SUBRAMANIAM: What is your stand on the Marathi Manoos issue in Maharashtra?

I voted against reservations. I opposed them, openly. We are one country and that means we can stay where we want, we can work where we want. Obviously, Raj Thackeray is not right in his stand against migrants. My view is that if he (Raj) didn’t do this, he would have to leave politics because secular politics will not get him anywhere.

• KANDULA SUBRAMANIAM: What about Balasaheb Thackeray’s poem about Biharis that has been aired on TV channels?

I don’t know the poem. However, I would reiterate this: my family is a Gandhian family, and on this matter whatever Gandhiji stood for, the Bajaj family stands for. I live for that and am prepared to die for that.

• SMITA AGGARWAL: Why did you enter Parliament through the Rajya Sabha route, not the Lok Sabha?

I didn’t choose to enter either House. My father was a member of the Lok Sabha for three terms from my home town, Wardha. But I had no desire to come to Parliament or join politics.

• SUBHOMOY BHATTACHARJEE: You have a family background in politics, and you have handed over the active running of the Bajaj empire to your son. So what prevents you from considering an active political career?

Why should I fight the Lok Sabha elections? Elections are dirty. I am an industralist, I will get a ticket. Some party will give me a ticket. As an industralist I will have to spend Rs 20...

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