145;PM set a bad precedent146;

Senior Congress leader and party spokesman S. Jaipal Reddy today came down heavily on Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee for attending the swearing-in ceremony of Gujarat8217;s Narendra Modi Government.

8216;8216;The Prime Minister has lowered the image of the office by attending the swearing-in ceremony of a Chief Minister. This is a bad precedent. And it

shows how desperate the BJP is for electoral success,8217;8217; Reddy told mediapersons here.

Reacting to the BJP8217;s resolve to play the Hindutva card to replicate it8217;s Gujarat experience in other states going to poll next year, the Congress spokesman said: 8216;8216;What happened in Gujarat can8217;t be replicated.8217;8217;