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Rahul Gandhi's car attacked, shown black flags in Gujarat
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi\'s car was pelted with stones on Friday during his visit to this flood-affected town but he escaped unhurt, police said.
DHANERA: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's car was pelted with stones on Friday during his visit to this flood-affected town but he escaped unhurt, police said.
Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Neeraj Badgujar said a man threw stones at Gandhi's car, breaking its rear glass when he was on his way from Lal Chowk to the helipad in Dhanera.
Gandhi escaped unhurt, he added.
"We have detained the person who threw stones on the vehicle of Rahul Gandhi," Badgujar said.
"Rahul Gandhi refused a bullet-proof car for travelling and opted for a private car," Gujarat deputy CM Nitin Patel said.
Earlier, Rahul was heckled by protesters at an event.
He left the stage in a huff after making a brief speech in Lal Chowk area of the town in Banaskantha district after protesters showed black flags to him.
Read this story in Gujarati
Some of the people gathered at the spot also raised slogans hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Notably, the Congress MLA from the area is in Bengaluru as part of the party legislators who have been flown to the southern city apparently to avoid being "poached" by the BJP ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha polls.
Reacting to the attack on his car, Rahul Gandhi tweeted that black flags and stones can't deter Congress.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi accused the BJP "goons" of carrying out the "dastardly" attack.
नरेंद्र मोदी जी के नारों से, काले झंडों से और पत्थरों से हम पीछे हटने वाले नहीं हैं, हम अपनी पूरी ताकत लोगों की मदद करने में लगाएंगे
— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) August 4, 2017
He said that several cars in the convoy were damaged, their window panes smashed and an SPG man suffered minor injury.
"All this because, the Congress Vice President went to a flood affected area," he said.
"BJP goons attack Congress VP Rahulji's car in Lal Chowk, Dhanera, Banaskanta, Gujarat. Disgusting and disgraceful," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in a tweet on Friday.
People of Gujarat know the tricks of the Congress: Gujarat CM
Calling Rahul Gandhi a "perpetual tourist", Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani said that people of Gujarat know the tricks of the Congress rather too well. "Their anti-people and anti-Gujarat mindset is not a secret," Rupani tweeted after the attack on Rahul Gandhi's car.
"Rahul Gandhi's leadership style is working wonders in his party. Following him, Congress MLAs are also in vacation mode!," Rupani said in another tweet.
BJP goons attack Cong VP Rahulji's car in Lal Chowk, Dhanera, Banaskanta, Gujarat. Disgusting & disgraceful. 1/n pic.twitter.com/2lkvtDHsOQ
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 4, 2017
With 218 deaths in Gujarat,61 in Bansakanta alone,PM only does an aerial visit while CM takes 5days to visit.BJP only attacks opposition.2/n pic.twitter.com/pYSufOv3j3
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 4, 2017
Violence is the first refuse of cowards. Godse culture thrives under BJP. pic.twitter.com/NRoSZ9QJ6T
— Randeep S Surjewala (@rssurjewala) August 4, 2017
