Cooking mutton curry, jogging in a sari: India’s politicians get personal to woo voters as norms shift

Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi (left) cooking mutton curry and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee jogging in her trademark white-and-blue sari and slippers. PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM RAHUL GANDHI/X, MAMATA BANERJEE/INSTAGRAM
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NEW DELHI – Ms Priyanka Gandhi digs into mutton curry and asks her brother Rahul playfully: “Did you make this? Tell me truthfully.”

Her brother, Mr Rahul Gandhi, who is off camera in the video, responds in the affirmative.

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