Shoe thrown at Kejriwal in Haryana

Rohtak: A shoe was thrown at Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party's national convenor Arvind Kejriwal by a 26-year-old man as he was addressing a rally in Haryana's Rohtak.

According to news agency Indo-Asian News Service, the shoe hit the edge of the stage and fell short of Kejriwal, who was addressing his supporters against demonetisation.

The alleged shoe thrower Vikas, a resident of Haryana's Dadri, was overpowered by AAP volunteers and eventually handed to the police.

"I said Modiji is a coward. Today, some of his supporters threw a shoe at me. Modiji, we can also do this but our values don't permit us to," the Delhi Chief Minister tweeted.

"I will keep on exposing the truth behind demonetisation and the Sahara Birla bribery despite the CBI raids or shoe attacks," he added.
Jharkhand CM gets same treatment

Shoes were hurled at Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and black flags were shown to hi at a programme in Kharsawa on Sunday, the state police said.

Hundreds of tribals on Sunday gathered to pay homage to people killed in police firing at Shahid Park in Kharsawa in the state's Seraikela-Kharswa district.

Das also attended the programme and paid homage to those killed in police firing.

Considering the pre-planned protests, heavy security arrangements were made.

People started hurling shoes when the Chief Minister was leaving after paying homage. Scores of shoes were hurled.

However, none of them hit him.

Black flags were shown when Das arrived at the programme venue.

The people shouted: "Go back... Go back". Later, talking to reporters, Das said: "It was stage-managed protest.

This is an example of bad and mean politics. I condemn the incident."