NEW DELHI — Indian tycoons jockeyed on Friday to demonstrate their allegiance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by bidding on a widely known item of clothing: the tailored suit that Mr. Modi wore last month to meet President Barack Obama. The suit’s yellow pinstripes, upon closer examination, proved to be tiny lines of script spelling out Mr. Modi’s name.
After an afternoon of intense bidding, a diamond trader from Mr. Modi’s native state of Gujarat purchased the suit for 43.1 million rupees, or $693,234.
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“We will keep the suit at our factory, and it will be a source of inspiration,” he told the BBC. The elder Mr. Patel was nearly overcome, telling reporters that “this event gave me a chance to do something in the national interest. I never thought that this incredible suit will come to me.”
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