Dressed in a crisp dark green sari, matching blouse and flat chappals, Priyanka alights alone from her campaign vehicle, an SUV, a white Toyota Fortuner, its roof piled with marigold garlands given to her through the day, for some chit-chat. Behind Priyanka, a huge imposing wall of a village building is plastered with a life-size poster of the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi. From the billboard, the BJP’s poster boy for 2014, dressed in a maroon jacket and beige kurta, stares piercingly straight ahead. The caption, ‘
Abki baar Modi sarkar’, asserts itself below. Priyanka moves to the crowd and addresses 50-year-old Mithilesh Kumari: “
Kaisa chehra lagta hai inka? Daraavana lagta hai? (What do you think of the face? Is it scary?)” referring to the picture on the wall. Kumari, a mukhiya of her village, lets out a ringing laugh and shoots back, “
Buland chehra lagta hai. Hindustani dikhta hai humko. Bahut achche hain. (It is a strong face. An Indian face. He’s very good.)” Ironically, Kumari resonates what Modi has been saying about himself all along. Priyanka lingers on for a bit, chatting some more, before moving on to her next destination.
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