It is the pungency of the spice that welcomes an outsider to Guntur, a city situated around 35 kilometres from Vijayawada. As one moves to the Sitaramanagar locality, home to the Guntur Mirchi Yard, Asia's largest dried red chilli market, it appears as if the entire yard is painted in red.
While workers are battling heat and chillies, a fiery political battle is currently underway, as the state gears up for Lok Sabha polls on Monday.
Guntur constituency is home to one of the richest candidates in the country - Telugu Desam Party's (TDP's) Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani who is fighting against K Venkata Rosaiah of YSR Congress Party.
The politics of chillies also contribute to the elections as lakhs of people are dependent on this trade.
India contributes around 43 per cent or 1.98 million tonnes of chilli production in the world, of which around 15-20 per cent comes from the Guntur district, according to The Chillies Export Merchants Association.
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