HYDERABAD, India — Utah State Rep. Jason Thompson and his wife wandered into a market area looking for his daily soda fix: “We were on a hunt for Coke Zero,” said Thompson.

The commercial area turned residential. The couple kept walking until they heard some commotion.

The Thompsons spotted small buses covered with posters. Little did they know, they accidentally found themselves at a political rally.

“A curtain on the bus opened up on one side and I saw dancers,” Dana Thompson said, adding she was curious. “I pulled Jason back and said, ‘Let’s see what this is about.’”

The Utah state representative estimated several hundred people in attendance ahead of a state election on Nov. 11.

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The Thompsons are part of a Utah trade delegation to India that includes

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