Hats off: Head hunting on the campaign trail
Leaders on the campaign trail are seen donning a wide variety of head gears, depending on the region they are campaigning in. Here's a look at a few of them.
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Hats off: Head hunting on the campaign trailBJP veteran and leader LK Advani receives a traditional turban by a BJP supporter during a roadshow at Bavla town, some 30 kms from Ahmedabad. Advani said that he would accept any role the party would offer him after the Lok Sabha elections.
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Hats off: Head hunting on the campaign trailAlso in Assam, Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is seen in two different kinds of hats - the Japi, while campaigning in Biswanath Chariali, 250kms from Guwahati and a different kind of a traditional hat during the election campaign rally at Gogamukh, in another part of Assam.
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Hats off: Head hunting on the campaign trailBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader, and candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Arun Jaitley, wears an orange head scarf with the Sikh symbol, as he pays obeisance at the Golden Temple, in Amritsar.
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Hats off: Head hunting on the campaign trailLike mother Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi wears the traditional “Japi”. He was being felicitated by Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Sonitpur district.