‘Naam Jalebi Bai’: Jalebi Frenzy on Social Media as BJP Stuns Congress in Haryana

The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) may have won 48 seats in the Haryana assembly polls, but it was the sweetness of jalebis that actually spiced up the election result on Tuesday. As the counting of votes for assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir began, the Congress party workers distributed sweets and celebrated with dhol beats.

However, the BJP gained more seats as the day advanced, and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini confirmed his party would form a government in the state yet again.

But, much before, during the campaigning for the Haryana elections, Rahul Gandhi , in one of his speeches, had mentioned late Matu Ram, who owned a popular jalebi shop in Gohana.

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While addressing an election rally in Gohana, Rahul Gandhi showed a box of jalebis by Matu Ram ‘halwai‘ and said he tasted the famous jumbo-sized jalebis in his car and sent a message to his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra , saying, “Today I have eaten the best jalebi of my life. Then I told ( Congress leaders) Deepender and Bajrang Punia ji that this jalebi should go to the whole world,” he told the rally.

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However, Rahul Gandhi ’s idea became fodder for trollers who said that jalebis are meant to be consumed fresh, and not to be sold in far-off areas.

Rahul had also emphasized that the jalebi from the particular shop should be sold across the country and that the jalebis should also be exported which will generate more employment opportunities.