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<\/div>\nCustomers often get selfies clicked with Anil Bhai Thakkar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s doppelganger in Gujarat, who sells Pani Puri, has gone viral as voting for the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections started earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Anil Bhai Thakkar – who owns Tulsi Pani Puri centre in Gujarat’s Anand – is referred to as PM Modi by the locals because his side profile and appearance is similar to that of the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
His hairstyle and white beard also match with that of PM Modi.<\/p>\n
Mr Thakkar is originally from Junagadh and he has been selling chat ‘Tulsi Pani Puri Centre’ since he was 18.<\/p>\n
The 71-year-old says that customers often get selfies clicked with him because of his looks.\u00a0“I get a lot of love and respect from both the locals and the tourists because of my resemblance with PM Modi,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Thakkar said he is deeply inspired by the Prime Minister’s values and just like his emphasis on cleanliness, he also keeps his stall impeccably clean.<\/p>\n
Mr Thakkar is not the only doppelganger of PM Modi. Vikas Mahante – who is from Mumbai’s Malad – also has uncanny resemblance with the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, a video showing him playing garbha was mistaken as PM Modi’s deepfake.<\/p>\n
The authenticity of the video was initially questioned, with speculation that it might be a deepfake. Vikas Mahante, however, had later clarified that it was him playing garbha in the video.<\/p>\n
Mr Mahante, who is a crowd-puller in his own right, says he is an admirer of PM Modi and his brand of politics.<\/p>\n
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