Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Dehradun

Monday, January 23, 2012, 17:21 [IST]

Dehradun, Jan 23: The AICC general secretary and Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi became the new victim of show attack. Shoe has been hurled at Rahul Gandhi during a rally in Dehradun on Monday, Jan 23.

However, soon after the attack on Rahul Gandhi, one of the attackers has been arrested by security guards and Dehradun police. Here it can be mentioned that Rahul was addressing the election campaign as Uttarakhand is going to hold its crucial assembly election on Jan 30 and the counting will be conducted on Mar 4.

Earlier Rahul Gandhi was shown black flags by two youths, who shouted slogans of corruption against the Congress leader while he was addressing a rally in Duddhi, Sonbhadra.

The duo were beaten up after that by some people attending the Adivasi Sashaktikaran Dhanyawad rally.

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