NEW DELHI: The Delhi BJP has claimed to have received an email from the US embassy, apologizing for not being able to attend party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi 's rally on Sunday. Several foreign dignitaries had turned up at the rally out of "curiosity".

Party's overseas affairs convener Vijay Jolly said the mail, sent on behalf of US ambassador Nancy J Powell and deputy chief of mission Michael Pelletier, expressed regrets for missing the September 29 event.

"They (the ambassadors) extend their thanks for your kind invitation. Our apologies as well, for the late response, as the invitation for each were received quite late on Friday," reads the mail. Jolly said after the success of the rally, the party has decided to take "Modi magic" forward globally.

Meanwhile, in an attack on Modi, the opposition party has inserted a broadsheet along with Monday's newspaper calling Modi a "feku" (bragger). It has a caricature of Modi in discussion with a man wearing "I love Delhi" t-shirt. The two are shown comparing various development parameters of Gujarat and Delhi wherein Delhi is outshining the former.

BJP state president Vijay Goel said the parties should not indulge in negative campaigning against each other. "I am appealing to all the parties not to indulge in negative campaigning. This ad, however, reflects upon opposition party's frustration over the success of our September 29 rally," he said.

