But this prophecy fro Arun Jaitely is likely to cause many of Jaitley's colleagues to go Furious .He has been a member of the national executive of Bharatiya Janata Party since 1991. He became the spokesman of the BJP during the period preceding the 1999 general election. After the Vajpayee Government came to power under the umbrella of the National Democratic Alliance, he was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge) on October 13, 1999.