As the UPA government goes on an austerity overdrive, MiD DAY looks at a few leaders for whom modest living is a routine

There are those who wear Jimmy Choos to work and there is Mamata Banerjee who doesn't mind flaunting rubber slippers to Parliament.

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government at the Centre is on a severe austerity drive with ministers being advised to travel in economy class and not hold press conferences in five-star hotels. But what about those leaders who go beyond the stereotype of greedy politicos and have always lived a simple life?

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