<p> The media savvy, chain smoker and eccentric Congress MLA in Nellore, Anam Vivekananda Reddy, shocked the gathering at a crafts bazaar in Nellore by dressing as a woman.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Known for his carefree attitude, Anam shocked everyone when he draped a saree and sported bangles after inaugurating the crafts bazaar. Given his penchant for dark shades, he also applied lipstick and tried trinkets. <br /><br />Before the shocked organisers could even react, Anam went ahead and picked up a few bangles on display at the a stall and put them on his left hand. He then moved on to the adjacent stall selling sarees.<br /><br />While the media pranced around the MLA to get the bangles shot, Anam pulled out a saree from the stall and covered his head with the pallu. As the unhurried MLA let cameramen have their visual of the day, the sales girls at the stall had a good laugh.<br /><br />Anam did not stop at that. The crafts bazaar catering to mainly to women, offered much <br />more to look around and try on. A few stalls later, Anam stopped at a cosmetic counter. The former minister asked for a lipstick and a mirror from the shell shocked shopkeeper - and got busy applying lipstick.<br /><br />The next stall was selling artificial jewellery; he tried on a couple of designs the shop was offering. <br /><br />The onlookers at the exhibition and the district officials had a tough time controlling their mirth, as the model walking the exhibition ramp was a very senior politician of the ruling Congress government.<br /><br />However, the local Congress is not happy with Anam’s antics. “Dressing like a lady is a bit eccentric. Display of such behaviour is bound to boomerang,” a local Congress leader said.</p>
<p> The media savvy, chain smoker and eccentric Congress MLA in Nellore, Anam Vivekananda Reddy, shocked the gathering at a crafts bazaar in Nellore by dressing as a woman.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Known for his carefree attitude, Anam shocked everyone when he draped a saree and sported bangles after inaugurating the crafts bazaar. Given his penchant for dark shades, he also applied lipstick and tried trinkets. <br /><br />Before the shocked organisers could even react, Anam went ahead and picked up a few bangles on display at the a stall and put them on his left hand. He then moved on to the adjacent stall selling sarees.<br /><br />While the media pranced around the MLA to get the bangles shot, Anam pulled out a saree from the stall and covered his head with the pallu. As the unhurried MLA let cameramen have their visual of the day, the sales girls at the stall had a good laugh.<br /><br />Anam did not stop at that. The crafts bazaar catering to mainly to women, offered much <br />more to look around and try on. A few stalls later, Anam stopped at a cosmetic counter. The former minister asked for a lipstick and a mirror from the shell shocked shopkeeper - and got busy applying lipstick.<br /><br />The next stall was selling artificial jewellery; he tried on a couple of designs the shop was offering. <br /><br />The onlookers at the exhibition and the district officials had a tough time controlling their mirth, as the model walking the exhibition ramp was a very senior politician of the ruling Congress government.<br /><br />However, the local Congress is not happy with Anam’s antics. “Dressing like a lady is a bit eccentric. Display of such behaviour is bound to boomerang,” a local Congress leader said.</p>
