Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar slapped and Punched by Youth
Daijiworld Media Network
New Delhi, Nov 24: At the NDMC centre here the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was physically attacked by a youth on Thursday November 24.
Pawar was attacked when he was coming out of the office of New Delhi Municipal Corporation after attending a function organized there.
The youth who dared to attack the minister was Harvinder Singh who was present among the audience and slapped the minister on his face and punched in his back when the latter was trying to move out.
Singh is the same fellow who had attacked former telecom minister Sukhram in the past. It is said that he was angry with the minister’s inability to tame rising inflation and check the spiraling prices of essential commodities. He has been taken for interrogation by the security officials.
"This is my answer to corrupt politicians," shouted the attacker as he took out his kirpan when security guards tried to overpower him and whisked him away. Singh was also heard shouting, "Sab ke sab chor hai saale (everybody is a thief)".
"I came planned to the event to slap the minister," Singh boldly admitted.
"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," Pawar said reacting to the incident.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Minister Sharad Pawar and condemned the assault.