PM Modi Shares Jhalmuri with NDA Leaders at Meeting Marking 12 Years in Office
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ate jhalmuri, a Bengali street snack, served by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari during an NDA meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday. The meeting celebrated Modi completing 12 years in office and his becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru's record. The snack has symbolic significance in West Bengal politics, having emerged as a cultural touchstone during recent BJP electoral campaigns in the state.
During a National Democratic Alliance meeting in New Delhi, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari served jhalmuri—a popular Bengali snack made with puffed rice, mustard oil, spices, and vegetables—to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi shared a video of the moment on social media and subsequently asked Adhikari to serve the snack to other NDA leaders present, including BJP President Nitin Nabin. The meeting was convened to mark Modi's completion of 12 years in office and his achievement of becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, having surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru's record of 4,399 days on June 10. The jhalmuri moment carries political significance in West Bengal, where the snack became a symbol of BJP's electoral campaign after Modi made a campaign stop at a jhalmuri stall in Jhargram, which the party used as a metaphor for the political intensity of the contest. The NDA meeting brought together chief ministers, deputy chief ministers, and senior leaders from all 22 NDA-ruled states and Union Territories, along with senior union ministers including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah.
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Watch: PM Modi enjoys jhalmuri at NDA meeting served by Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari
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Video: Jhalmuri Moment At NDA Meet As PM Modi Completes 12 Years In Office
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