New Delhi: It is just a coincidence but all political leaders who were targets of footwear missiles in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls have won elections.
Home Minister P Chidambaram, BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani and industrialist Naveen Jindal won the elections. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a member of Rajya Sabha, has emerged winner in terms of Congress-led UPA returning to power.
Besides, Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who became a target of a flying shoe at an election meeting in Hassan late last month, has ensured a victory for his son B Y Raghavendra in the polls.
Singh, Chidambaram, Advani, Jindal and Yeddyurappa were among the political leaders who were targeted during the campaign, although none of them were hit actually.
The Prime Minister too was targeted when a student hurled a sneaker towards him when he was addressing his first poll rally in Gujarat.
Last month, a former BJP worker threw footwear at Advani during a public meeting in Katni. Madhya Pradesh. A retired school headmaster threw his shoe at Congress candidate in Kurukshetra, Naveen Jindal, during a poll rally.
It all started with journalist Jarnail Singh, who hurled a shoe at Chidambaram on April 8, protesting against the clean chit given by the CBI to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
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