Now savoury samosas for political workers!

A local savoury shop has perfected a winning recipe this election season.

A local savoury shop has perfected a winning recipe this election season,but the formula has more to do with improving sales than sending candidates to Parliament.

Satya Sweet House’s one-rupee ‘samosa’ (a savoury snack) has become a rage with customers with many beginning to compare it with Tata Motors’ Rs one-lakh car Nano,thus giving it the popular name ‘Nano Samosa’.

No points for guessing who are lapping up the samosas.

Political workers,of course!

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These samosas are widely distributed along with tea to field workers of political parties to keep them going. The Kanpur Lok Sabha seat goes to polls on April 30.

“We are supplying 1,000 samosas daily to Congress party headquarter at Tilak Hall,while BJP office is provided with 600-700 samosas daily. Similar is the case with Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party offices,” shop owner Shayam Ratan Gupta told PTI.

The shop is gearing to prepare 6,000-7,000 samosas daily.

“We believe that as the campaign reaches its crescendo,the demand for ‘Nano Samosa’ too will shoot up,” says Gupta.

A Congress leader Rohit Kohli said it doesn’t hurt financially to freely distribute the ‘Nano Samosa’ among supporters who visit the party office.

Normal samosas sell for anything above Rs 3 a piece.