Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at Narendra Modi over a suit worn by him making it to the Guinness World Records, saying it was a “just reward” for the Prime Minister’s “immense sacrifice”.
Gandhi also tagged the news report regarding the suit being described by the Guinness Records as the “most expensive suit (clothing) sold at auction”.
The suit had gone under the hammer in February last year and was purchased for Rs 4.31 crore by Surat-based diamond trader Lalji Patel, who owns Dharmananda Diamond Company.
The suit has stripes with the name ‘Narendra Damodardas Modi’ woven into it in glittering gold letters. The suit was reportedly prepared at a cost of Rs 10 lakh and was auctioned at a base price of Rs 11 lakh.
The suit, which Modi had worn during Obama’s three-day state visit to India in January last, had kicked up a political row with opposition parties accusing the PM of ‘narcissism’.
Rahul had latched on it to accuse Modi of heading a “suit-boot ki sarkar” which worked only for the rich. The government had hit back, saying it is in fact a “soojh-boojh ki sarkar”(a government with wisdom).