BJP seeks to open a "new chapter" with the new govt in India

New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) Buoyed by Congress'
spectacular victory at the hustings, Indian Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh, often the target of attack from the BJP,
Saturday sought cooperation of the main opposition to open a
"new chapter".

"We should open a new chapter in relations between the
government and principal opposition party. We seek your
cooperation," Singh told Leader of Opposition L K Advani who
called to congratulate on him on UPA's victory.

PMO sources said that Advani telephoned the Prime
Minister to congratulate him.

Advani, who was the prime ministerial candidate of the
BJP, also greeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for the success
in the elections and gave his good wishes.

Earlier, Singh giving his first reaction over the
Congress victory, sought to reach out to the Left and other
secular parties asking them to come together to provide a
strong and stable government "forgetting their past disputes."

"I expect all secular parties to forget their past
disputes and come together to give this country a strong,
stable and purposeful government. We will work in a spirit of
comradeship," he said with Sonia his side.

"We invite all opposition parties to use this moment
to convey to the world that at a time when the world is in
serious difficulty... we stand one as a nation," he said in a
message to the Left and secular parties. PTI MS
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