Left flayed for wooing Congress

Referring to Prime Minister Vajpayee8217;s visit to Pakistan, he said the entire nation was happy about the goodwill gesture and path-breaking initiative taken by him for ensuring durable peace in the sub-continent.

quot;India always wanted peaceful co-existence, forget the past and move forward. Vajpayee will go down in history as a leader who has initiated normalrelations between India and Pakistan in all spheres,quot; he added. The PM had proved his capacity and capability by resolving the two-decade-old Cauvery issue, bringing the office of the Prime Minister under jurisdiction of Lok Pal, allocating 60 per cent of the Budget for removing imbalances in rural areas and taking initiative to promote cordial relations with neighbouring Pakistan. Regarding AIADMK supremo J Jayalalitha8217;s contention that her party would oppose any change in the leadership of Vajpayee, he said that there was no question of change as the party had fought the LS polls by projecting Vajpayee as its prime ministerial candidate.

On the question of Haryana Lok Dal withdrawing support, he hoped that Om Prakash Chautala would not do anything against the BJP, in order to benefit the Congress.