: Smack in the middle of the national election that many believe it can't win, the Congress has taken to a new line of offensive to target Narendra Modi, using his own party leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Mr Vajpayee's image was prominent on the Congress' official website today, with a message that invoked the former prime minister's words in 2002, during the riots in Mr Modi's Gujarat.

"Modi did not follow Rajdharma (A ruler's duty)", said the Congress' ad, calling it the fundamental cause of Mr Vajpayee's pain.

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