Amethi:
Aam Aadmi Party's Kumar Vishwas, who has declared he will run against Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha elections, was attacked by eggs at a public meeting in Amethi today.
Though the attacker is yet to be identified, Mr Vishwas has said the local Congress unit in Amethi is behind the attack.
The 43-year-old AAP leader is campaigning extensively in Mr Gandhi's constituency Amethi for the past one week. Earlier this week, he spent a day with a Dalit family, which had Mr Gandhi as an overnight guest in 2008.
A day before Mr Vishwas' visit to the Dalit home, he had, in an apparent dig at the Congress vice-president, said at a rally, "I will not go to a Dalit's house and have dinner and then call TV crews to cover."
"People called me a joker, questioned me contesting against Rahul Gandhi. Joker is a good person. Joker doesn't sell the country," Mr Vishwas had said.
The poet-turned-politician has said that he will not just contest, but win the parliamentary election against Mr Gandhi from Amethi.
Though the attacker is yet to be identified, Mr Vishwas has said the local Congress unit in Amethi is behind the attack.
The 43-year-old AAP leader is campaigning extensively in Mr Gandhi's constituency Amethi for the past one week. Earlier this week, he spent a day with a Dalit family, which had Mr Gandhi as an overnight guest in 2008.
A day before Mr Vishwas' visit to the Dalit home, he had, in an apparent dig at the Congress vice-president, said at a rally, "I will not go to a Dalit's house and have dinner and then call TV crews to cover."
"People called me a joker, questioned me contesting against Rahul Gandhi. Joker is a good person. Joker doesn't sell the country," Mr Vishwas had said.
The poet-turned-politician has said that he will not just contest, but win the parliamentary election against Mr Gandhi from Amethi.
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