Congress men of Andhra Pradesh had been using the sartorial desires of Indira Gandhi by gifting rare weightless, or gold zari sarees to Indira Gandhi in the past . Congress leaders like K Bapiraju and also ex CM Channa Reddy were regulars in gifting organically made Handloom sarees to Indira Gandhi and also Sonia Gandhi . Former PMIndira Gandhi had chided them and said ' why are bothering me with saris . I have enough presented by youselves ?'.
However the trend of presenting Saris to Sonia Gandhi has continued even now . Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar has presented a unique saree made of tressor silk that fits in a match box to Sonia Gandhi on the ocassion of Independence Day celebrations. The shawl was woven by weaver Nalla Vijay from Siricilla textile town is made of natural tressor silk found in the jungles of Mahadevpur in Karimnagar