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Shoe hurled at Rahul in Uttarakhand rally; Congress demands probe
Monday January 23, 2012 09:24:21 PM,
IANS
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Dehradun/New
Delhi: A shoe was hurled at Congress leader Rahul
Gandhi by a man while he was addressing an election rally near the
Uttarakhand state capital Monday. The shoe fell some distance from
Gandhi who continued with his speech.
The man, identified as Kuldip, was immediately taken into custody
by the police.
As the security personnel grabbed Kuldip, Rahul Gandhi told them
not to hit him.
"If some people think that throwing a shoe will deter me and force
me to run away, they are mistaken," Gandhi said.
Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi condemned the incident saying it
should be probed to find out if there was a conspiracy.
"The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is in power in
Uttarakhand. How did the youth reach a point from where he could
hurl a shoe. There should be a probe to find out if there is a
conspiracy," Alvi told IANS.
Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Alvi said irresponsible
words like "civil war" had been used by some BJP leaders in their
recent utterances and it had led to a rise in such incidents.
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