Pawar slapped by youth who attacked Sukh Ram last week 
Posted on: 24 Nov 2011
New Delhi: Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar was Thursday slapped by a man, who had attacked former telecommunications minister Sukh Ram here four days ago. Pawar was attacked at the NDMC Centre here.
The turbaned Sikh man also took out his kirpan when security guards tried to overpower him and whisk him away.
71-year-old Pawar, who went to a literary function at a public auditorium on Parliament Street, was slapped by Harvinder Singh, a transporter in his thirties who had assaulted former Telecom Minister Sukhram outside Rohini Court on Saturday after he was sentenced in a corruption case.
Pawar lost his balance but remained unperturbed after the assault and moved towards the exit of the auditorium and gotnto his waiting car.
Private security guards immediately overpowered the youth who was shouting 'he is corrupt' and an official landed someblows on Singh.
'I came planned to the event to slap the minister,' Singh told reporters who had gone to cover the literary function.
'All of them are corrupt,' he shouted when he was removed from security and policemen.
Wielding a small kirpan, the youth said things could have been worse but for the observance of martyrdom day of GuruTegh Bahadur today.
Later, Pawar reacted to the incident calling it stupid and that he did not make much out of it.
When asked whether he would press charges against the attacker, he said it was for police to deal with the matter.
Pawar said he saw the youth standing in the midst of a group of journalists and could have taken advantage of thefact that there was very little security.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Pawar after the incident and condemned the attack.
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Vijay
south Africa
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