10 Political Honchos Who Were Humiliated In Public



3. Shoecide attempt on Suresh Kalmadi (on 26 april, 2011)
On 26 April 2011, while, Suresh Kalmadi former chairman of the 2010 Commonwealth Games Organizing Committee was being led into the court premises, an attacker identified as Kapil Thakur from Madhya Pradesh rushed up to him and hurled a slipper. The footwear, however, missed its mark. As there is a saying what goes around comes around, ironically, Kalmadi too was one such person who had started his political career in the late 1970s by throwing slippers on Prime Minister Morarji Desai's car in Pune.

4.  Shoe hurled at Janardan Dwivedi (6 June, 2011)
On 6 June 2011, Congress spokesperson Janardhan Dwivedi was targeted at a press conference by a man who tried to throw a shoe at him. The reaction came after Delhi Police ordered dismantle act against Yoga Teacher Baba Ramdev's Protest against Corruption. The attacker, Sunil Kumar, posed himself as a journalist working with Nav Sanchar Patrika of Rajasthan. Ultimately, he was arrested by the Delhi police for alleged breach of peace and as a preventive measure under Sections 107 and 151 of the Criminal Procedure Code.

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