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Lok Sabha polls: It's a Modi wave at Indore's 200-year-old food market

Ramesh Babulal, 63, who has been selling garadu and boiled mashed corn delicacy for nearly two decades will vote for the BJP

The food vendors feel that unlike previous polls, when the city would vote for 8-time MP Sumitra Mahajan, this time the vote will be for Modi
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The food vendors feel that unlike previous polls, when the city would vote for 8-time MP Sumitra Mahajan, this time the vote will be for Modi

Dilasha Seth Indore
The mood at Sarafa Bazaar, Indore’s street food hub, is sizzling — with both food vendors and local foodies pledging support to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the country heads for the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections on Sunday. 

And, this food hub probably sums up the mood in the entire city.

The ‘Jewellery Street’ by day transforms into Khau Galli (‘Food Street’) by night, with a range of delicacies on offer, including gigantic jalebis, custard apple rabri, fried yam bites called ‘garadu’ dahi bada and kachori, among others.

Ramesh Babulal, 63, who has been selling garadu and boiled