
While the Congress has been downplaying the communal angle, Modi has himself decided to revert to his earlier avatar, spewing vitriol (Tracking Modi-speak) and heckling the minorities in the last lap of the campaign. But while his latest tirade may or may not win him short-term electoral gains, it has ensured that he is back to being an untouchable in the national mainstream. Which is doing no favour to his party.
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