Watch: Like Indira Gandhi, Priyanka jumps over barricade to meet public after rally
Bhopal: Reviving memories of late Indira Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra jumped the barricade and met people after a public rally in Madhya Pradesh.
Priyanka met the crowd after her speech in support of Congress candidate Kantilal Bhuria.
As public cheered “Priyanka didi”, the Congress leader wearing a red cotton saree, climbed the wooden barricade and clasped many outstretched hands and smiled for selfies.
#WATCH Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Congress General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East) hops over a barricade to meet supporters during a public meeting in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. (13.5.19) pic.twitter.com/9pPnxOJn1k
— ANI (@ANI) May 14, 2019
Comparisons were drawn to a well-known photograph of Indira Gandhi bending and crossing a barricade at a rally.
Priyanka joined active politics in January but has for years been seen to be a natural at public meetings.
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