Pandharpur:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan is the latest politician to face a slipper attack. A man attempted to throw slippers at the Chief Minister while he was speaking about farmers' problems at a rally at Pandharpur in Sholapur district of Maharashtra.
The man was stopped before he could hurl the slippers but cameras at the spot captured the visuals of him rushing towards the stage and the police stopping him just in time. However, the Chief Minister asked security personnel to let him off.
The accused has been taken into custody and is being questioned by the police.
Other politicians who faced such attacks in India are Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, senior BJP leader LK Advani, Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Congress MP Naveen Jindal.
In January this year, a shoe was thrown towards Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during an election rally at Dehradun. Congress Spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi and Suresh Kalmadi have also faced shoe attacks. Activist Arvind Kejriwal had a shoe flung at him in Lucknow.
World leaders who have faced shoe protests are former US President George W Bush, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
The man was stopped before he could hurl the slippers but cameras at the spot captured the visuals of him rushing towards the stage and the police stopping him just in time. However, the Chief Minister asked security personnel to let him off.
The accused has been taken into custody and is being questioned by the police.
Other politicians who faced such attacks in India are Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Home Minister P Chidambaram, senior BJP leader LK Advani, Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Congress MP Naveen Jindal.
In January this year, a shoe was thrown towards Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi during an election rally at Dehradun. Congress Spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi and Suresh Kalmadi have also faced shoe attacks. Activist Arvind Kejriwal had a shoe flung at him in Lucknow.
World leaders who have faced shoe protests are former US President George W Bush, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
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