It took Narendra Modi about two minutes today to shred the BJP's new-found resolve to tone down its shrill attack on the Congress-led UPA and play the role of a constructive opposition. The party saved its star performer for the last at its national executive meeting. He took the stage and tore into the UPA making scathing attacks on Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over issues like "coalgate" and foreign direct investment in retail.