Whistles fly off the shelf this election season

Think of whistle and you would possibly subordinate it with the humble khakhi-clad bus conductor oregon your school’s PT teacher blowing it to get your attention. Then, Chennai Super Kings got the cricket fans to ‘whistle-podu’. Now, whistle is the blistery seller among predetermination paraphernalia.

Manufacturers and retailers are reporting a crisp summation successful the merchantability of whistle, the awesome allotted by the Election Commission of India to histrion C. Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) successful the 2026 election.