Calcutta, March 21 :     Saluting an unparalleled meeting between A.B. Vajpayee and Jyoti Basu where decorum scored over divisive politics, the CPM said today the chief minister?s references such as ?barbaric and uncivilised? were not aimed at the Prime Minister, but at the Sangh parivar to which he belongs. The CPM?s unusual announcement came 24 hours after the one-to-one meeting between Vajpayee and Basu at Raj Bhavan last evening which capped a day of verbal duel between the two seniormost leaders in Indian politics. Unlike the barb-wrapped exchanges during the day, the evening meeting was marked by the renowned warmth and propriety that have helped the two veterans breach political barriers and enjoy a stature few politicians could boast. ?I have nothing personal against Vajpayee, so there is no question of hurting him personally,? Basu said today and added he knew the Prime Minister too well to make personal uncharitable references. ?But in my perception, the activities of the BJP, and of the Sangh parivar, to which it belongs, are reprehensible,? the chief minister pointed out. The label ?barbaric and uncivilised? dominated the nearly 30-minute discussion between Basu and Vajpayee. ?I know you personally for quite a long time and you know very well that I have no personal grudge against you,? Basu said he told the Prime Minister. ?You rest assured that the epithet is not directed against you. But I am sure you will agree that I am free to use it in the context of what your party has done and is still doing to the country,? Basu told Vajpayee. Basu catalogued the demolition of Babri Masjid and the spate of attacks on Christians in support of his claim that the BJP is ?barbaric and uncivilised?. The poet-Prime Minister touched an emotional chord in the Bengal patriarch by candidly asking what he had done to earn the unkind label. ?Basuji, at least you know that I have always been fair to all, including my political opponents. What have I done to be persistently called ?barbaric??? Vajpayee asked. In fact, as soon as Vajpayee had landed in Calcutta, he invited Basu to Raj Bhavan. ?I went to the meeting because he said in the morning at the airport that he wanted to discuss a few things with me,? Basu said. Though the compulsions of realpolitik made both the leaders play to the galleries during the day, the atmosphere had mellowed by the time they met at Raj Bhavan. ?Vajpayee said if I ever had any difficulty or needed Delhi?s help, I should contact him directly without any hesitation. He said he would personally look into Bengal?s problems,? Basu said. In a way, the smooth meeting between the two also underscored in sharp contrast the frosty relationship between Basu and Union home minister L.K. Advani, once a strong contender for the Prime Minister?s office. This could be gauged last June when Basu, taking umbrage at Advani?s attempts to score points off the CPM by interfering in Bengal?s law and order, had a Central fact-finding team rebuffed in the state. Besides the outcome of the meeting, Vajpayee?s public expression of anguish at the rally at the Brigade Parade Ground yesterday spurred the CPM to clear the air. ?Basu?s comments are political and against the communal BJP. They have nothing to do with Vajpayee,? two senior CPM leaders told a press conference today. While playing down the attack on the Prime Minister, Basu?s second-in-command Buddhadev Bhattacharya and CPM state secretary Anil Biswas asserted that the RSS was ?the country?s No. 1 enemy because of its fascist politics?.