India's Congress party workers Friday hurled towels and flowers at their party chief Sonia Gandhi at Ujjain in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, not to protest but to show respect, said a senior Indian government official.
The Congress chairperson was campaigning for the country's general elections when workers hurled towels and flowers at her as they could not go near her due to security cordon, said the official.
"However, Gandhi later told them not to throw towels and flowers at her and broke the security cordon to get near to the supporters and had a talk with them," the official told the media.
Sonia Gandhi's son, Rahul Gandhi, also broke security cordon and got close to his supporters when he met with a huge election rally in the eastern state of West Bengal on Friday.
India's general elections are entering its mid-way as the previous two phases of polling completed. Three more phases of polling will be done in the coming weeks until mid-May.
