Adukale Blog
Why was it named Congress Kadlekai? Well, there are a bunch of stories—
In 1969, the Congress party headed by Indira Gandhi split into two parts: The original party was called INC (O) headed by K. Kamaraj and the one headed by Indira Gandhi was called INC (R). And just to make light fun of this, the Kaldekai was called 'Congress Kadlekai' because the groundnut is always split in two parts.
Another story is that during the Emergency period this was the go to snack at party meets and hence the name.
