Ink to eggs, shoes to stones: Manmohan, Kejriwal, Advani, Rahul, Chiranjeevi, Bush have got it all
19 Nov 2013 3:52 PM IST19 Nov 2013 3:52 PM IST
Ink to eggs, shoes to stones: Manmohan, Kejriwal, Advani, Rahul, Chiranjeevi, Bush have got it all
From East to west, people have used many things to vent their ire against leaders in the public. Ink, shoes, eggs and paint. Anger knows no language and spares none. The victims also include PM Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush. - Former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf managed to dodge a flying footwear lobbed by a lawyer in September 2013 after a Karachi court granted bail extension in connection with a military coup in 1999. Shoe throwing is considered an insult in the
- In 2005, tensions rose in Belgaum district after the Karnataka govt dismissed the Belgaum Municipal Council for passing a resolution seeking the district's merger with Maharashtra. It took an ugly turn when Vijay More, former Belgaum Mayor, was
- Stones were hurled at the car in which Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh and Leader of the Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh were travelling in Dhar. Though the car was damaged, both the leaders escaped unhurt in the
- Agitated BJP workers hurled shoes at the cavalcade of party MP Varun Gandhi after he allegedly refused to attend a function in Nawabganj tehsil in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, in 2011. -AFP
- In 2010, Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari was targeted by Sardar Shamim Khan, who hurled a pair of shoes at him at Birmingham, England, when he was delivering a speech. -AFP
- Then US President George Bush(left) became a target at a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2008. Journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi(right) threw one shoe at Bush, shouting: "This is a farewell kiss from the Iraqi people, you dog!", and the second one
- After a CBI court acquitted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on April 30, 2013, in connection with 1984 anti-Sikh riot case, angry protesters hurled shoes at the judge. Karnail Singh Peer Mohammad, President of All India Sikhs Students Federation, was
- An accused in a theft case, P Rafeek, hurled his footwear at the Magistrate at the Kozhikode Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I in May 2013 after his judicial custody was extended. Magistrate P.T. Prakashan had denied bail to P. Rafeek, 40,
- A drunkard hurled a shoe at former Karnataka CM B S Yeddyurappa at a BJP rally on April 28, 2009 in Hassan.
- Actor-turned-politician P Chiranjeevi faced the ire of people after he joined the Congress in 2011. People threw eggs and footwear at him as he began to speak in favor of Congress at Pulivendula.
- Another Telangana victim was Congress MP V. Hanumantha Rao, who faced the wrath after he said people of Seemandhra origin working in Hyderabad should leave once bifurcation was complete. Over 300 Samaikyandhra activists blocked his vehicle and threw
- Then it was the turn of BJP national executive member, Kambhampati Hari Babu. In September, Samaikyandhra activists locked him up along with other party leaders in a room and hurled eggs at him. His mistake: He didn't agree to raise united Andhra
- As Andhra Pradesh burned over Telangana, tension gripped Srikakulam district in October 2013 when a group of Samaikyandhra activists rained slippers and eggs on the convoy of Forests and Environment minister, Satrucharla Vijaya Rama Raju demanding
- Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan | Photo -PTI
- Around the same time of the year, Pawas Agarwal, a former district vice-president of BJP Katni Town in MP, hurled a shoe at then Opposition leader L K Advani. Agarwal, who was said to be mentally ill, was upset that he was denied party
- AICC vice-president Rahul Gandhi was also a target. On January, 23, 2012, a shoe was thrown at him during an election rally in Dehradun, the culprit Kuldip(in pic) was arrested.
- Manmohan Singh had a narrow escape during an election rally in April 2009. A shoe hurled by an youth, Hitesh Chauhan(in pic) landed a few metres away from the PM. But the PM forgave him and asked police not to file case against the 28-year-old. -PTI
- Another Anna team member Prashant Bhushan(left) was attacked in his Supreme Court lawyer’s chamber for his remarks on Jammu and Kashmir. -PTI
- For Kejriwal, this is not the first such incident. A shoe was hurled at him on October 18, 2011, in Lucknow, when he was part of the Anna Hazare team. -PTI
- The man, who identified himself as Nachiketa from Maharashtra, said that he was unhappy with Kejriwal for misusing Anna Hazare's name. "I have done this to protest that these people have betrayed Anna and they have betrayed the Jan Lokpal andolan,"
- A man claiming to be a supporter of BJP and Anna Hazare threw black ink at Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal during a press conference in New Delhi on November 19. He shouted 'Anna Hazare zindabad' after throwing ink at Kejriwal and Prashant
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From East to west, people have used many things to vent their ire against leaders in the public. Ink, shoes, eggs and paint. Anger knows no language and spares none. The victims also include PM Manmohan Singh and US President George Bush.
Ink to eggs, shoes to stones: Manmohan, Kejriwal, Advani, Rahul, Chiranjeevi, Bush have got it all
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