New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- The Congress is planning to centre its Bihar election strategy on targeted attacks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), people familiar with the matter said, with some hinting that the party wants to "keep our doors open" for its former ally and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar.

At a press conference in Patna last week, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had described the Bihar government as a "remote-controlled" one, asserting that decision-making is dictated from New Delhi.

In the scathing 42-page "charge sheet" titled "20-Saal, Vinash Kaal" against the Kumar-led NDA government, the Congress accused the Bihar chief minister of breaking promises, even as the attacks were more directed towa...