Khan Market Is Much More Than Hub Of Power Brokers

New Delhi: Located amid the bungalows and the apartments for bureaucrats, lawmakers and diplomats, Khan Market attracts a hip crowd and is frequented by the citys creme. With a plethora of retail outlets, restaurants and bars of the international brands, the upscale market has become synonymous with the English speaking elite clientele for many. Splurging on the foreign food and expensive drinks, it is here that they discuss the countrys past, present and future much to the scorn of the saffron brigade.

In the last leg of his campaign for the General Elections 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a powerful statement saying that his image has not been created by the Khan Market gang or the Luteyns Delhi... But his 45 years of toil and nobody can dismantle it. Targeting the Opposition, he repeated the jibe six times during the interview to a newspaper. The patrons as well as the shopkeepers of the market feel that the Modi’s dig was not aimed at them but at a small section of people who claim to be the powerbrokers in the corridors of eminence.

“Our market is a free place and is open to all,” said Mamta Bamhi.

However, everyone in the market opposed the renaming of the market to Valmiki Market saying that it was unnecessarily stretching things too far’. (IANS)

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