A shoe has been hurled at Rahul Gandhi during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh‘s Sitapur. The shoe missed the Congress leader closely but the attacker has been arrested by the police.
Mr. Gandhi,was in a roadshow in an open top vehicle, was viewed staring at the shoe thrown in his direction and then looking away after the shoe missed him.
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Politicians from across all the parties have come out to condemn this attack which can only be defined as an apathetic way of protesting
Earlier in the day, Rahul Gandhi was facing protest from a group of people in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
Local hurls a shoe towards Congress VP Rahul Gandhi during his road show in Sitapur(UP),detained by police pic.twitter.com/oU3YsB3Fru
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Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi has pointed the BJP and the RSS after the shoe attack during his roadshow in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur on Monday. The shoe missed him narrowly and the attacker has been arrested by the police.
“I was just traveling on a bus and a shoe was thrown at me. It didn’t hit me. I want to tell the BJP and RSS that you can throw as many shoes at me but I am not backing down. I am not scared of you. I will continue believing in love and harmony and you can stick with hate,” the Congress leader said while addressing a gathering later.