“The Congress on Wednesday slammed the government over the purchase of a luxury car for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cavalcade at a time when the economy has taken a hit due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recalling the prime minister’s description of himself as ‘fakir’ (ascetic), Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said “every person in the country desires to be a fakir like Modi who flies in an Rs 8,000 crore aircraft, rides in Rs 20 crore car and spends Rs 2,000 crore on building a home”.
A Mercedes-Maybach S650 Guard was added to the prime minister’s cavalcade by the Special Protection Group. Government sources said that the new car was a replacement of the BMW used by the prime minister as the German carmaker stopped production of the vehicle.
Official sources also said the SPG security detail has a six-year norm to replace vehicles used for the protectee and that Modi has not given any preference on which cars to use.
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