Lucknow News / Shoe thrown at Swami Prasad Maurya in Lucknow, incident happened during SP's OBC Mahasammelan

Lucknow News: During a program in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, a youth threw a shoe at veteran Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya. On the other hand, the SP workers caught the accused and thrashed him fiercely. The SP workers also got angry at the police present on the spot. There is news of a scuffle between the police and SP workers. However, the police have taken the youth into custody. Police is interrogating him.

VIDEO | A man dressed up as an advocate hurls shoe at Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya in Lucknow. The attacker was later roughed up by Maurya's supporters. More details are awaited. pic.twitter.com/OQCU5G3xVE

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The name of the accused youth is Akash Saini. It is being told that the young man had come in the guise of a lawyer. However, the shoe could not reach Swami Prasad Maurya in this attack and he narrowly survived. According to media reports, the accused was saddened by the recent statements of Swami Prasad. He has done this to protest against this.

At the same time, due to this act of the youth, there was an atmosphere of chaos in the program. In fact, the Samajwadi Party is organizing a Backward Classes Mahasammelan in Lucknow. In this conference, the party's general secretary Swami Prasad Maurya had come to address the workers. However, till now Swami Prasad Maurya has not given any statement regarding this attack.