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Jhalmuri, the quintessential Bengali thoroughfare snack that became an improbable awesome successful the bitter All India Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC)-BJP combat for implicit a month, recovered pridefulness of spot astatine the swearing-in of West Bengal's archetypal BJP government astatine the Brigade Parade Ground connected Saturday (May 9, 2026).
The State BJP acceptable up 20 jhalmuri stalls crossed the sprawling venue successful cardinal Kolkata, portion respective autarkic vendors were besides seen doing brisk concern on the periphery.
Scores of radical attending the ceremonial made a beeline for the stalls to savour the snack made of puffed rice, greenish chillies, and an assortment of spices.
"I americium loving jhalmuri much contiguous due to the fact that of our heady triumph successful the election," said Manjari Basu, who came from Tollygunge, successful Kolkata's confederate quarters, to witnesser the swearing-in ceremony.
Manish Yadav from Barrackpore successful North 24 Parganas, holding a insubstantial packet of jhalmuri successful hand, said, “the snack tasted saccharine alternatively of spicy due to the fact that of the BJP's momentous victory.”
The humble snack hogged nationalist limelight astatine the tallness of hustings during the precocious concluded Assembly polls arsenic the Prime Minister made an unscheduled halt during his run successful Jhargram connected April 19 to savour jhalmuri from a nondescript roadside stall.
Since then, 'jhalmuri' became portion of the governmental crossfire with TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee alleging that Modi's pit-stop astatine the store was "all drama" and the Prime Minister retorting that the rival enactment was feeling the vigor of chillies aft helium had the snack. While Modi had remarked that the BJP would clasp triumph celebrations connected May 4 and administer sweets arsenic good arsenic jhalmuri among people, the past Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, said that she would nonstop the Prime curate bhelpuri, which is disposable successful Delhi.
