2014 Rally Tracker: Narendra Modi vs Rahul Gandhi on campaign trail
February 12, 2014  21:06
It is more than just bamboo encirclements, bored policemen and boisterous reporters that make the Indian election rally special. It is, after all, one of those rare events where thousands, sometimes seated with breathtaking symmetry, wait submissively for hours to listen to one man '" or woman '" talk for another few. 

There are helicopters whipping up dust storms, endless cavalcade of SUVs, dramatic stage collapses and more recently, a rash of branded tea stalls. Rahul Gandhi, however, has seemingly chosen the rather corporate-sounding "roadshows' approach, even as Narendra Modi has a decided a rally a day just isn't good enough. The hustings have begun.

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