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The Congress started the cavalcade and convoy culture, but the BJP did nothing to reduce it either! Basically, it appears that politicians like strength in numbers... How many cars does one require to transport one person? Service chiefs welcome the Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he arrives in a massive car cavalcade with Z-plus security at Vijay Chowk, Delhi. Although the PM spearheads the Make in India campaign, he trusts his security while on the move to a German-made BMW 760Li High-Security Edition. Viewer Jingle John helpfully informs us: "The PM in fact wanted to use Scorpios, which he was using as Gujarat CM, and Mahindras were enthusiastic to modify it for better security, but the SPG turned it down. For the swearing-in ceremony as PM, he came in a Made in India Scorpio." The BMW