“I will not eat food from restaurants while campaigning. My party workers know my diet and keep ragi mudde (ragi balls and sambar ready before I reach the villages.”

—  H. D. Deve Gowda

Source: Shyam Sundar Vattam "Gowda Lives on Ragi Mudde on the Campaign Trail".

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