The suit which Modi wore during his meeting with US President Barack Obama went for Rs 4.31 crore to a Surat diamond baron and private airline owner Laljibhai Patel on the final day of the auction. The base price of the suit, which has ‘Narendra Damodardas Modi’ monogrammed as pinstripes, was Rs 11 lakh.
A bid of Rs 5 crore by another diamond baron, Mukesh Patel was not entertained since it was past the 5 pm deadline.
Laljibhai plans to keep the suit in a glass cupboard in his diamond factory to serve as an “inspirationâ€.The suit had become the swirl of the visual media is unlikely to be seen again after Surat-based Dharmanandan Diamonds, a Rs 5,000-crore company, takes it away from a Modi mannequin at the Science Centre art gallery here.
