Shoe hurled at Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal

09 April, New Delhi

A shoe was hurled at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday by man during a press conference in New Delhi. However, it did not hit Mr. Kejriwal.

The attacker is claimed to be from Aam Aadmi Sena, a breakaway group of Aam Aadmi Party.

He has been detained by police for questioning. The man talked about alleged irregularities in distribution of CNG stickers and claimed that no action has been taken though a complaint was filed by him with the Chief Minister.

The incident happened during a press conference at Delhi Secretariat addressed on roll out of the second phase of the Odd-Even scheme from 15th of this month.

Congress and BJP have condemned the incident. BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli said somewhere a line needs to be drawn to stop such acts.

Congress leader P C Chako condemned the incident.