Modi’s suit raises $700,000 at auction

AHMEDABAD, India: The dark suit with unique monogram pinstripes worn by Narendra Modi, the prime minister of India, has been auctioned off for nearly $700,000.
Diamond merchant Lalji Patel, who like Modi is from Gujarat state, made the winning bid of 43m rupees ($700,000).
The bespoke wool suit with the words “Narendra Damodardas Modi” woven into the pinstripe proved a hot ticket at the three-day auction, sparking a bidding war that pushed the price up to 43.1 million rupees ($692,000).
The suit was among more than 450 lots put up for auction by Modi in the city of Surat in his home state of Gujarat.