Postmortem on poll debacle soon: PM

By Amit Baruah

KUALA LUMPUR, MAY 15. The Prime Minister, Mr. Atal Behari Vajpayee, has said a ``postmortem would be done'' to ascertain what was behind the reverses the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) suffered in the just-concluded Assembly elections.

However, in response to a question from The Hindu after a reception hosted in his honour by the Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia this evening, Mr. Vajpayee said: ``ab to election ho gaya'' (Now what, the election is over).

The Prime Minister, who was shielded from more questions by his security men, met a cross-section of Malaysians at the reception hosted at the posh Shangri La hotel where he is staying.

So far, Mr. Vajpayee has not made any detailed comments on his perception of the reverses suffered by the NDA and the possible implications for the BJP-led alliance Government.

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