Sonia presented with pole with plea to ‘tame the elephant’

Presenting the memento to Gandhi,the party’s election coordinator said the party President should use it “to tame the elephant that is running amok” – an obvious but

unspecified reference to ruling Bahujan Samaj Party which has elephant as its election symbol.

Gandhi held the memento and gesticulated like a mahout trying to tame an elephant while riding on its back,evoking peels of laughter from party supporters and the crowd that had gathered at the Parade Ground to listen to her speech.