Gujarat: Congress leader Hardik Patel was slapped by a man while addressing a poll rally on Friday in a village in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district.
The man has been identified as Tarun Gajjar, a resident of Kadi town of North Gujarat. The incident was captured on cameras of news channels covering the rally in the district, around 130 km from here.
As soon as Hardik Patel started his speech at Baldana village under Wadhwan taluka, Tarun suddenly came on the stage and slapped him.Tarun looked angry and was seen saying something to Hardik Patel after slapping him, but was overpowered by Congress workers, who also beat him up and took him away from the venue.
Tarun was later handed over to the police.
Congress candidate for the Surendranagar Lok Sabha seat, Soma Patel, was present on the dais when Hardik Patel was assaulted.
