Modi’s taste for flashiness sometimes got the better of him. In 2015 he met President Barack Obama resplendent in a dark blue Savile Row suit, with gold pinstripes repeatedly spelling the words “NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI.” The costume was widely mocked for its expense and vanity. A rare public relations stumble, it was this episode that gifted his opponents the slogan “suit boot ki sarkar,” meaning a rotten regime run by the prime minister and his elegantly tailored cronies.25 Modi recovered only by selling the offending item off for charity, in the process raising Rs43 million ($672,000) and
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