A video clip shows RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav sitting on the dais when two slippers are hurled towards him. While the first one misses him, the second one lands on his lap.
The incident took place in Kutuma assembly segment where Tejashwi Yadav had gone to address a public rally.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav was attacked with slippers while he was campaigning for Congress candidate from Kutumba assembly seat in Bihar’s Aurangabad district on Tuesday.
A videos clip of the incident shows the RJD leader sitting on the dais when two slippers are hurled towards him. While the first one misses him, the second one lands on his lap.
Yadav was in the Kutumba assembly segment to address a public rally for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls. The incident took place as soon as he took his place on the stage amid slogans in his support by party workers.
#WATCH Bihar: A pair of slippers hurled at RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav at a public rally in Aurangabad, today. pic.twitter.com/7G5ZIH8Kku
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According to news agency PTI, sources said a physically challenged man sitting on a tricycle is believed to have thrown chappals at the RJD leader.
People and the security personnel caught him and took him away from the public meeting, the sources said.
Tejashwi was seemingly unfazed by the incident as he didn’t even mention it in his speech.
RJD spokesman Mrityunjay Tiwari condemned the incident and demanded proper security arrangements for leaders addressing public meetings during the polls.
Tejashwi, the chief ministerial candidate of the opposition Grand Alliance, had come to seek vote for Congress nominee
Rajesh Ram of ally Congress candidate.
Ram is pitted against Hindustani Awam Morcha president Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Kumar Suman on the Kutumba reserved seat.
(With PTI inputs)