Shoe hurled at Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal
As Punjab is set to go to polls on February 4, a shoe was hurled at Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday in his home constituency Lambi. The shoe hit him and shattered a glass in his hand. Meanwhile, a man has been detained in this regard. Notably, in 2014 also a shoe was thrown at him.
A shoe was hurled at Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today during a janta darbar meeting in Bathinda.This is the second time when shoe has been hurled at the Akali Dal chief. In 2014, he was attacked at function in Isru in Khanna district.Punjab Deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal while condemning the shoe attack on his father said it was carried out by "forces who want to turn Punjab into Kashmir.""The despicable act against India's senior most leader PS Badal has been perpetrated by forces who want to turn Punjab into Kashmir. It is for people to judge who is behind this act. It is those same people who have earlier also tried to disturb peace in Punjab," Badal said in a series of tweets."I condemn this heinous act and ask my opponents to fight the political fight and not try to incite violence in the state," he added.SHOE-ATTACK ON KEJRIWAL Earlier this month, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal faced a shoe attack while addressing a public meeting against demonetisation at Rohtak, Haryana. The shoe, however, missed its target and the youth was nabbed.The shoe was hurled towards Kejriwal when attacked the Prime Minister over the demonetisation decision, terming it as a "scam".Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is in direct fight with the ruling combine of Badal's Akali Dal and BJP. According to India Today-Axis Opinion Poll, the AAP is likely to emerge as the second largest party in the state by winning an impressive 36-41 seats (29 per cent vote share).The Akali Dal-BJP combine is expected to face a massive decade-long anti-incumbency by being reduced to just 18-22 seats.The India Today-Axis Opinion Poll has given the Congress 56-62 seats in the 117-member Punjab Assembly.