PM Modi during a BJPâu00c2u0080u00c2u0088rally in Jalandhar yesterday; (right) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with PPCC president and the party's CM candidate for Punjab polls, Capt Amarinder Singh in Majitha. Pics/PTI

Jalandhar: Launching a scathing attack on Congress, PM Modi yesterday accused it of following political opportunism to further its gains and said the party was a "thing of the past" which the people of Punjab must not trust.