Images: Race on to cover Mayawati statues, elephants

[caption id=“attachment_177654” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Authorities in Lucknow and Noida have started draping statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister and the elephant, the symbol of her Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP). Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177657” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The EC had ordered all statues of the UP chief minister and her party symbol installed at several places in UP to be covered until the Assembly poll were over in the state. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177661” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The jumbo cover-up began today. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177670” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“According to news reports, the plastic sheets proved to be too small to cover the elephants. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177672” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The elephants are being draped in pink plastic. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177676” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“Authorities in Lucknow and Noida have started draping statues of UP chief minister and the elephant, the symbol of her Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP). Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption] [caption id=“attachment_177679” align=“alignleft” width=“940” caption=“The elephants are being draped in pink plastic. Naresh Sharma/ Firstpost”] [/caption]

Images: Race on to cover Mayawati statues, elephants

UP’s jumbo cover-up operation has begun. Our photographer Naresh Sharma, presents a peek into the cover-up of Mayawati’s statues.

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