After Chidambaram, Naveen Jindal faces 'shoe-cide'

Friday, April 10, 2009, 13:51 [IST]

Kurukshetra, Apr 10: It seems 'shoe throwing' is gaining momentum as a medium of protest in India. After Union Home Minister P Chidambaram, its another Congress man Naveen Jindal who suffered a 'shoe-cide'.

Jindal was addressing an election rally in his constituency in Kurukshetra of Haryana when an school teacher in the audience hurled a shoe at him. The motive for throwing shoe is still unclear.

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The incident comes, just two days before a Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh threw a shoe on Chidambaram for not answering his question regarding 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

Jindal, a sitting MP of Congress party from Kurukshetra constituency is seeking his second term.

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Topics: congress, haryana, jarnail singh, lok sabha polls 2009, naveen jindal, p chidambaram, sikh community

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