Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Jhargram Jhalmuri Vendor Marks Modi’s Birthday With Memorable Stop
Narendra Modi once stopped at a small jhalmuri stall in Jhargram.
Jhalmuri is a Bengali snack made with puffed rice and other ingredients.
The stall’s owner, Vikram Kumar Sahu, was very happy about the visit.
On Modi’s birthday, Sahu celebrated by showing pictures of their meeting.
He also gave customers bigger portions of jhalmuri.
Videos of Modi at the stall became very popular online.
Many people later visited the shop to remember the moment and make videos.
The snack also appeared at BJP campaign events during the election season.
Vikram Kumar Sahu celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday at his Jhargram jhalmuri stall.
Modi had stopped at Sahu’s stall during an April assembly election campaign visit.
Sahu displayed photographs of the encounter and shared the memory on social media.
The visit drew millions of views, visitors, phone calls and requests to recreate the moment.
Jhalmuri became a recurring visual and food symbol of the BJP’s Bengal campaign.
- Who
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and jhalmuri vendor Vikram Kumar Sahu.
- What
- Sahu held a birthday tribute for Modi at his stall, commemorating Modi’s earlier visit.
- When
- On Thursday, five months after Modi’s April campaign stop, on Modi’s birthday.
- Where
- Chavan Lal Special Jhalmuri stall near Raj College More in Jhargram, West Bengal.
- Why
- Sahu wanted to remember the brief encounter and celebrate Modi’s birthday.
- Vendor
- Vikram Kumar Sahu
- Stall
- Chavan Lal Special Jhalmuri
- Location
- Near Raj College More, Jhargram
- Earlier visit
- Modi stopped at the stall during an April assembly election campaign trip.
- Online reach
- Contemporaneous reports said the video crossed 100 million Instagram views within a day.
- Birthday tribute
- Sahu displayed encounter photographs, shared the memory online and served larger-than-usual portions.
- Election results cited
- The BJP won 207 of 293 seats for which results were declared, while the Trinamool Congress won 80.