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Rare pics of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shahstri

New Delhi: In the times of Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers, who wear ordinary clothes, shun security and travel in non-descript cars, here are some illuminating facts about Lal Bahadur Shastri, India's most honest and



While his family tried to throw away the clothes, Shastri intervened.

He said: "These khadi clothes have been woven lovingly by people using charkha. Come November, I will wear these old, torn clothes, and a coat on them. Nobody will notice." Shastri once gave away an old, torn khadi kurta to his wife and asked him to cut handkerchieves out of it.