Bengal, Kerala results telling manifestation: PM

From V Mohan Narayan
On Board PM's Special Aircraft
(PTI) Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said the election
results of the eastern state of West Bengal and southern state
Kerala were a "telling manifestation" that Left parties have
to learn "important lessons" about the functioning of the
country's polity.
"Well, I am not an expert on Left politics. People of
Kerala and West Bengal have spoken and that's a telling
manifestation that left politics has also to learn important
lessons about the functioning of our polity," Singh told
reporters on his return from Africa after a six-day visit.
His comments came when asked about the election
results of Kerala and West Bengal, which the Left parties
lost. In Bengal, Left was ousted from power after 34 years.