New Delhi: Buoyed by Congress' spectacular victory at the hustings, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, often the target of attack from the BJP, on 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.