Draped In Bengal’s Soul: Why PM Modi Chose A Dhoti Over Suit To Celebrate Historic Win

PM Narendra Modi arrived wearing a dhoti — white, crisp, unmistakably Bengali — as the party’s Bengal campaign anthem “Paltano Dorkar Chai BJP Sarkar” played in the background. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked into BJP headquarters in New Delhi on the evening of May 4, he wasn’t wearing a suit, or his signature kurta-jacket. He arrived wearing a dhoti — white, crisp, unmistakably Bengali — as the party’s Bengal campaign anthem “Paltano Dorkar Chai BJP Sarkar” played in the background. No words were needed. The garment said everything: Bengal had been won, and Modi was saluting it in its…