While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy attending to US President Barack Obama on the Republic Day, his lookalike made heads turn at a campaign for BJP candidate Nandini Sharma in Malviya Nagar constituency on Monday.
Dressed in a saffron waist coat and a bright mustard kurta and pyjama, the silver bearded and haired “dummy Modi” flashed a smile and waved at the crowds from atop a mini-van as Sharma’s supporters shouted slogans of “Modi, Modi”.
Sharma and the Modi lookalike travelled through some narrow lanes, occasionally, stepping down from the mini-van for addressing small groups of voters.
Sharma, a homeopath and social activist from Malviya Nagar area, sported a yellow dress and enjoyed the attention she got with onlookers who came out in their balconies to catch a glimpse of the “prime minister”.
“Is he really Modi?” asked Sarla, a housewife, from a BJP worker shouting the Modi slogan. The worker smiled and said: “Modi is omnipresent”.
Some young voters even walked up to the mini-truck and shook hands with the Modi lookalike.
DH News Service