Shoe thrown at Rahul Gandhi during a rally

Mangalore Today / CNN IBN

Dehradun, Jan 23: A shoe has been thrown at Congress General Secretary and Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Dehradun. One person has been detained for throwing the shoe.

Rahul Gandhi said that such attacks were not going to deter him.

"If some people think that throwing a shoe will deter me and force me to run away, them they are mistaken. Rahul Gandhi will not run away," he said.

This is not the first such incident that took place during Rahul Gandhi’s campaign this election session.

On Saturday, January 21 two youths raised black flags and shouted slogans against corruption when Rahul Gandhi was addressing a poll rally at tribal-dominated Duddhi in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.

Soon after their act, they were beaten up by some people attending the Adivasi Sashaktikaran Dhanyawad rally.

Police detained one of the youths Ajay Kumar Singh, who is said to be the supporter of yoga guru Ramdev.

Two days before the black flag incident, Rahul Gandhi On Thursday had to abruptly end his speech at a rally in Banda after some youths demonstrated with banners and posters demanding bringing back of black money stashed abroad.

Moreover, this was the second shoe attack that took place in Dehradun within a week.

On Saturday, January 21 a person hurled a shoe at Team Anna member Arvind Kejriwal at a public meeting in Dehradun itself. The shoe was hurled when Kejriwal was on his way to the stage, but before the team could realise anything, the attacker was whisked away by the police.

The man, identified as Kishan Lal, has been arrested. Lal said, allegedly this was in response or a reaction to Anna Hazare’s comment on the slap at Sharad Pawar, and he was reacting to that comment, which he perceived to be very insensitive.