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Here's what you find inside a campaigning leader's caravan

From elevators to recliners and ACs, the vehicles politicians use for rallies have every facility

Elections 2017
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Mulayam Singh Yadav's caravan

Priyanka Rathi New Delhi
Even as campaigning for the final phase of the Assembly elections 2017 ends today, what will linger on in our minds is the image of a politician – young or old – donning a crisp white kurta, waving to thousands of people from atop a swanky vehicle. We have lately seen such spectacles very often – from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rallies and roadshows across the five states that went to polls, to relatively young leaders Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi seeking votes for their alliance in Uttar Pradesh.

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