Muktsar, March 21
With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the tailors in Muktsar are working overtime to meet the increased demand for “Muktsari kurta-pyjamas” by leaders and youth alike.
With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the tailors in Muktsar are working overtime to meet the increased demand for “Muktsari kurta-pyjamas” by leaders and youth alike.
The politicos’ trademark dress is slim-fit kurta with collars and pyjama tight from the bottom, making it look like a slim pant.
The rise in demand can be gauged from tailors giving almost a month’s time to stitch a pair of kurta-pyjama.
The traditional Punjabi dress is a favourite of many politicians
The tailors, Manpreet Singh and his father Sukhdev Singh, credited with popularising “Muktsari kurta-pyjama”, say: “Earlier, kurta-pyjama was nothing more than a night suit, but we made it stylish. The slim-fit kurta pyjama is as comfortable as the normal one.” They charge Rs 700 for stitching a kurta-pyjama. It is double the amount of the normal kurta-pyjama.
Manpreet adds, “This poll season, we have received double the orders than from the 2012 assembly elections. We receive orders across the state, but a few persons from Haryana and Rajasthan, too, approach us.”
“Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal wears kurta-pyjama stitched by us. In the past few months, we have stitched nearly 50 kurta-pyjamas for him,” Manpreet claims. He adds that university and college students in Chandigarh have a fancy for “Muktsari kurta-pyjama”.
Other tailors in the town, too, are flooded with orders and hiring more employees to deliver in time.
Who’s donning it
Among politicians having a liking for “Muktsari kurta-pyjamas” are Sukhbir Badal, Jagmeet Brar, Ripjit Brar, Avtar Brar, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, Darshan Shivalik, Sukhdarshan Singh Marar, Amarinder Singh Raja Warring and Naresh Kataria. Besides, religious leaders, policemen and bureaucrats like to dress in “Muktsari kurta-pyjama”.
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