A man threw a shoe towards Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chief andformer deputy CM Sukhbir Badal in Amritsar on Saturday evening. Theincident took place at a resort on Fatehgarh Chudiya Road at a programorganized by former cabinet minister Anil Joshi, who joined Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) after being expelled from the BJP.
After this incident, there was an atmosphere of chaos for sometime. However, the person throwing the shoe was far away from the stageand the thrown shoe could not reach Sukhbir Badal. The policemen presenton the spot caught the man and took him out.
This was Anil Joshi's first program in Amritsar after beingexpelled from the BJP and joining the Shiromani Akali Dal and it was beingconsidered as his show of strength. Joshi kept this program in theAmritsar North assembly constituency, from where he has been MLA for two timeson a BJP ticket.
In the 2017 assembly elections, Anil Joshi lost to Sunil Duttiof Congress. Some time ago, Anil Joshi had advocated talks with thefarmers agitating against the new agricultural laws, after which the BJPexpelled him from the party. After that, Anil Joshi had moved to ShiromaniAkali Dal last week.
Earlier, not only the BJP, butthe Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party were also keeping an eye on the programorganized by Joshi. The BJP kept trying to know which workers went to theprogram in support of Joshi. Presently Congress's Sunil Dutti is the MLAfrom this seat and Congress leaders kept trying to know how much support Joshi,who was a two-time MLA from this seat this time, is getting.
The honor was received in Darbar Sahib , after being expelledfrom the BJP, Anil Joshi, who joined Shiromani Akali Dal, was made the party'sVice President on the very first day. After that on reaching Amritsar, Joshiwas welcomed by more than 500 workers of Akali Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party.Many workers of the North area have also spoken of supporting him in the electionstogether.