New Delhi, March 02: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today joined a group of school children to celebrate Holi, the festival of colour that signifies the arrival of spring.
Gandhi put ‘gulal’ on the forehead of the children and distributed sweets to them.
Senior party leaders including AICC treasurer Motilal Vora, Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit, Union minister Mukul Wasnik, senior leader R K Dhawan and a number of CWC members and AICC general secretaries visited Gandhi on the occasion.
Several politicians and diplomats gathered at Lodi Gardens to play with colours on the occasion.
Celebrations began in the capital since last evening with lighting up of bonfire, known as ‘Holika Dahan’. People set ablaze effigies of Holika, the sister of demon King Hiranyakashyap, at several places.
—–PTI