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Youth slaps 'corrupt' Indian minister
Youth slaps 'corrupt' Indian minister | World | bdnews24.com
Thu, Nov 24th, 2011 6:53 pm BdST
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Dhaka, Nov 24 (bdnews24.com) Indian agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has been slapped at a public function by a youth who claimed he was angry with corruption and price hike, local media reports.
Harvinder Singh, a transporter in his thirties, had been sentenced for assaulting former telecom minister Sukhram on Saturday, before the latest assault took place at a public auditorium on Parliament Street on Thursday, The Times of India report said.
NDTV showed how 71-year-old Pawar lost his balance but remained unperturbed after the assault and moved towards the exit of the auditorium and got into his waiting car.
The minister's security guards immediately overpowered the youth who was shouting "he is corrupt", and an official landed some blows on Singh.
"I came planned to the event to slap the minister," The Times of India quoted Singh as telling the reporters who had gone to cover a literary function at the auditorium.
"All of them are corrupt," he shouted when he was removed by security and policemen.
Wielding a small 'kirpan' (dagger), the youth said things could have been worse but for the observance of martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur on Thursday.
Later, Pawar reacted to the incident calling it stupid and that he did not make much out of it, NDTV said.
"I was answering some questions by a group of journalists when I saw this man coming towards me and I thought he wanted to ask me a question. I don't know what his intention was. It is up to the police whether they want to press charges against him or not," it said quoting Pawar.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee have condemned the attack on Pawar.
Reacting to the assault on Pawar, anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare asked, "...only one slap?" NDTV reported.
bdnews24.com/ost/nir/1825h
Youth slaps 'corrupt' Indian minister | World | bdnews24.com
Thu, Nov 24th, 2011 6:53 pm BdST
Dial 2000 from your GP mobile for latest news
Dhaka, Nov 24 (bdnews24.com) Indian agriculture minister Sharad Pawar has been slapped at a public function by a youth who claimed he was angry with corruption and price hike, local media reports.
Harvinder Singh, a transporter in his thirties, had been sentenced for assaulting former telecom minister Sukhram on Saturday, before the latest assault took place at a public auditorium on Parliament Street on Thursday, The Times of India report said.
NDTV showed how 71-year-old Pawar lost his balance but remained unperturbed after the assault and moved towards the exit of the auditorium and got into his waiting car.
The minister's security guards immediately overpowered the youth who was shouting "he is corrupt", and an official landed some blows on Singh.
"I came planned to the event to slap the minister," The Times of India quoted Singh as telling the reporters who had gone to cover a literary function at the auditorium.
"All of them are corrupt," he shouted when he was removed by security and policemen.
Wielding a small 'kirpan' (dagger), the youth said things could have been worse but for the observance of martyrdom day of Guru Tegh Bahadur on Thursday.
Later, Pawar reacted to the incident calling it stupid and that he did not make much out of it, NDTV said.
"I was answering some questions by a group of journalists when I saw this man coming towards me and I thought he wanted to ask me a question. I don't know what his intention was. It is up to the police whether they want to press charges against him or not," it said quoting Pawar.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee have condemned the attack on Pawar.
Reacting to the assault on Pawar, anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare asked, "...only one slap?" NDTV reported.
bdnews24.com/ost/nir/1825h
