BJP's plays down Vajpayee compliment to Left

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New Delhi, June 19 (UNI) The BJP today sought to play down former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's praise of the Marxists, but said it was willing to learn ''good things'' from everyone, including the Left.

BJP spokesman Prakash Javadekar, speaking to reporters here, dismissed media interpretation of Mr Vajpayee's remarks and said the Left's success in West Bengal was owing to ''some good politics, not backed by good governance''.

Mr Vajpayee in his speech to the National Executive on May 29, that was published yesterday in ''BJP Today'', had said the Communist parties were ''moving ahead fast'' and the BJP should learn from them ''the art of getting renewal of mandate for our government''.

Mr Javadekar said the Left's success was limited to West Bengal where it has managed to retain power uninterrupted since 1977.

However, he said, it was also a fact that the same combination could not repeat its performance elsewhere, like in Kerala, where it has been losing to the Congress-led alliance every alternate term.

''They are playing good politics, not backed by good governance.

But even then they were able to keep people under illusion for a long time. They may be our political foes, but that does not mean we can't learn good things from anyone.'' He said Mr Vajpayee had spoken of the successes during the NDA regime, but had stated that it had not perfected the art of getting re-elected like the Left parties. ''This is something the BJP ruling needs to ponder on. Performance of the BJP states has been good and certainly they have to take lesson or two from the Left parties on retaining power for the party,'' he added.

Asked if Mr Vajpayee had been ''showering praises'' on the Left, Mr Javadekar said,''We were very much present there (at the National Executive) and know what he meant, and not you media.'' UNI MCN LR AT KN1736

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