Modi Holograms Sweep Gujarat as Poll Marks Bid to Lead India
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Twenty-six holograms of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi strode onto stages across the Indian state last month as he sought re-election, a sample of the savvy that makes him a contender for national leader.
A computer-generated image of Modi at a Nov. 29 rally in Dholka was met with a forest of hands making victory signs and thunderous chants for him to become prime minister. With his gray hair slicked back and dressed in a knee-length shirt and saffron scarf, he fired off digs at the Congress party, which leads the federal government, and extolled his own record.