Karnataka CM becomes latest victim of footwear attacks

B S Yeddyurappa became the latest victim of shoe attacks on politicians when a man hurling a slipper at him while he was addressing an election meeting.

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday became the latest victim of footwear attacks on politicians,with a man hurling a slipper at him while he was addressing an election meeting in Chennarayapatna but the missile did not hit him.

Police said the attacker identified as Chandrasekhar was arrested soon after he flung the ‘chappal’ to express his anger at the BJP leader who was lashing out at JDS chief H D Deve Gowda for “betraying” the saffron party on power transfer issue in 2007.

The slipper,however,fell short of the target,police said.

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A case has been registered against Chandrasekhar,who hails from Kodihalli in Hassan district and he has been remanded to judicial custody,police said.

Condemning the action,Yeddyurappa called for an end to incidents of throwing footwear at political leaders.

On April 26,a shoe was hurled at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by a computer engineering student while he was campaigning in Gujarat but it fell short of the target. Singh forgave the student and did not want police to register a case

Early this month,a Sikh scribe,Jarnail Singh,threwhis shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram protesting the minister’s response to a question on Congress leader Jagdish Tytler being given a clean chit by CBI in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.

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On April 10,a retired school principal flung a shoe at Congress MP Naveen Jindal at a party meeting in Haryana. In both cases the footwear missed the target.

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